Oh my this past week has been busy! I was travelling for work most of the week and my spare time was focused on finishing the reading for my course. Tonight and tomorrow I’ll be working on my next assignment. Stay tuned. Tomorrow I’ll post my first assignment, along with the feedback I received. Feel free to join the critique and leave your own comments.
Overall, it went much better than expected. The professor was very kind and the other writers in the workshop seem to be nice. It’s an odd feeling to post my work. Letting them critique my writing is like standing on stage naked. It’s not a comfortable feeling, but I really value the feedback I’m getting. It will improve my writing.
By the way, those little cuties in the picture are my daughters. They keep me very busy too, but that’s another story…
We’ll, I’ve gone and done it! Today is the first day of my Fundamentals of Fiction writing workshop. I’ve read the chapters and the lecture. Now I must get down to writing. Yikes!
I’m glad to be working with an instructor that has been published extensively and who has a soft spot for literary fiction and short stories. This should be fun! Wish me luck!
My tastes in music are eclectic. I enjoy almost every style of music with the possible exceptions of traditional country and gangsta rap. I’m into everything from Lady Gaga to L’il Ed and the Blues Imperials. In between you’ll find Karrin Allyson, The Arcade Fire, Nickleback and an embarrassing amount of 80′s music. However, I have a specific soft spot for two types of music–Celtic Folk and Classical. Likely because this is what I listen to when I’m in a mood to write.
I thought I’d share this particular piece of Classical music with you. The first time I was ever honestly moved to tears by a piece of music, it was by this. It is by far, my favorite.
I suggest that you listen to it while you are alone, in a quiet place and with your eyes closed. Enjoy.
Even when our inner self is confined and made to fit a life that isn’t what we think it was meant to be, we can find meaning. We can find that quiet place that allows us to be our true self.
Pretend that it doesn’t matter if the whole world is watching. Leave your mark, no matter how temporary, on the world. Exhale.
Random musings about writing fiction, reading fiction and living (in reality).
"The older we get, the more...you realize there's a whole range of things you will never do, of things and people you will never be. As life becomes more and more limiting, there is something wonderful about being able to get inside the skin of people unlike yourself." ~Lee Smith
