Mental Meandering on Life and Writing by Carol J. Garvin (aka Careann)
Writers are always writing something. I have another novel in the works, and my long-suffering critique partners have been reading through each chapter as it rolls out of my brain. First drafts aren’t fun to read, believe me, and mine can be especially brutal when I’ve been short on writing and preparation time. Christmas is alwaysContinue reading “A taste of flash fiction”
Sometimes it’s fun to let your hair down … and put on a hat. The ladies of our church did that last Saturday when they gathered for an annual Women’s Breakfast. Their ‘hat’ theme was evident everywhere. There was nothing terribly significant about the hats — straw, felt, wool, flowered or be-ribboned — they ranged fromContinue reading “An Abundance of Hats”
“Way back in the olden days…” well, back in 2009, anyway, I admitted to being Irish and I shared a bit of the Irish legend and the shenanigans our family occasionally pursues to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The latter involve things like green-tinted milk and green cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches in school lunch boxes,Continue reading “A Green Moment in Time (Again)”
Used with permission from Debbie Ridpath Ohi at Inkygirl.com
Leafy greens Ecologically green Greenhorn cowboy Greenstick fracture Green apples ~ No matter what version you favour, come mid-March there’s really no other green except an Irish one. It was St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. I wasn’t particularly innovative, but I wore green, and my visiting daughter baked a batch of green cupcakes for her girls. There wasContinue reading “Going Green?”
Not many dogs own forty toys. That’s right, forty! Our dogs have always liked a stuffie or two, a nylabone to chew and the occasional tug toy (to gnaw on; we don’t encourage tugging). But in his half dozen years our Labrador Retriever has managed to accumulate quite the assortment. He adores getting a newContinue reading “A Doggy Dilemma”
There’s this Meme going around, called The Next Big Thing. Folks have been sharing details of their current writing and up-and-coming projects. My DD, Shari Green, was tagged and I was happily reading her post when, wham! I came across my name. So I’ve been tagged now, too. The idea is to answer the questions andContinue reading “‘The Next Big Thing’ Meme”
Some say All Hallows’ Eve has Christian roots, while others suggest they are Pagan. Either way, it would be hard to convince our little ones that there is anything but carved pumpkins, candy and costumes associated with their Hallowe’en traditions. As they traipse from door to door I doubt many of them even know about the feastContinue reading “All Hallows’ Eve”
They aren’t sure yet. The new slide has a curve and its unfamiliarity overrides the exciting prospect of a breath-stealing rush down its slippery surface. I feel a little of that uncertainty as I contemplate a shiny new story idea. It hasn’t quite gelled yet and I hesitate to take off into unknown territory.Continue reading “Slipping and sliding through a novel’s first draft”
That smile said he knew he was winning. After more games than I’ll embarrass him by counting, my hubby finally won a round of Blokus. It’s a game of strategy using game pieces of varying shapes that must be fit together with only their corners touching. The player with the least number of pieces leftoverContinue reading “Word Games and the Writer’s Brain”
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