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News Flash – NaNoWriMo 2020 at 40K Words
News flash, “Kill Words” is passing the forty thousand mark with just six days to go. Here’s a draft first paragraphs: I’m named after my grandmother Gertrude Maisey Warner, the revered matriarch of the family. They called her Gerty, but I’m called Maisey. I guess my parents could tell even then that I would not…
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Have a Nice Day
I know my neighbor by the sound of his car, Six thirty every morning. It rumbles like an angry ox, Muffler not muffling. With the light on in my garage, The treadmill spinning under my feet, For a brief moment, I hear the sound, He sees the light, The barest of intersections, The weakest hello.
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NaNoWriMo Ten Days Left
Introducing: “Kill Words” Ten days left to NaNoWriMo2020. I’m surpassing 35,000 words this weekend. My goal was 30K by November 30. I didn’t expect to tap into a vein of story gold but I’m enjoying every minute of it. My NNWM novel is not sci-fi, not speculative, well maybe crime speculative, but I’m an unpublished…
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Hangers for Sale
Minimalist thoughts hiding in the closet I’m in a phase where I want to set free anything I have that I don’t really need or really want. Maybe it’s a side effect of 2020. I’m working remotely three days a week and those I go in for, the dress is mega- business casual. It’s caused me to look around and ask why did…
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Dinner
Story Building Memories Chris came for dinner tonight. Spaghetti and meatballs. His favorite. For a moment, It was like he was home, Not living far away, One of mine, At my table, Sheltered by watchful eyes, And listening ears, Ready to speak words, Of affirmation and, Healing if need be. My son. Just loved talking, …
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Running the Writer Race
I’m a wanna-be marathon runner as well as a wanna-be published novelist. I run almost every day a mile or so. Not enough to give even a mini-marathon a chance…yet. I’ve been going faster and further for about five years. Sounds ridiculous to some of you but progress is progress. I’ve found that I can…
