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Who Is She?

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ShadowWho is she I wonder? Everyday I see her there completely alone. I have never seen her with anyone else. She doesn’t pay any heed to whomever passes by. She keeps to herself. Why does she maintain her isolation?

Does she dream as she stares off into the ocean? Does she cry quietly to herself as life passes her by? How is it possible that she is here in the middle of the day? Doesn’t she have responsibilities? Each day her routine is the same. There is no excitement, no deviation, no opportunity, no chance.

Each time I see her I create a story of what might be in my mind. I am never able to come up with a positive interpretation. Each time my mind delves into the numerous tragedies that must have happened.

The situation is unique, strange to say the least. I never see her come, I never see her go.

Who is she?

Am I her?

Are you?

What is the real tragedy?

Hanging By A Thread

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stringbookshelfSometimes it really does feel like you are hanging on by just a thread.

This photo shows you that it can be beautiful thing.

Embrace the string and let it lead you where it may.

You have no idea how far you can stretch that thread until you try.

Go for it.

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

Fun in the Sun Friday

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Summer Wildflowers Above Lower Blue Lake

Something weird has been happening in Colorado the last few days, the weather has been amazing. We have seemingly with perhaps only a few minor hiccups remaining left winter behind. It is about damn time, I love winter but it has its place which should promptly end some time in March.

The nice weather naturally led me outside to frolic, yes I still frolic at my age. While I was out frolicking something funny happened. I realized I had missed almost all, wait I am always honest with you all, I missed pretty much all of my writing goals. I did not sit down for one minute last weekend and work on my blog and any other various project for that matter. Instead I focused intentionally on fun on the patio and unintentionally on sunburns on my shoulders.

This got me to thinking also a scary thought after a long week at work, how can I make sure that the weather of summer does not lure me away from my writing? If you want to be a writer it’s simple you have to write. For me the best thing to do is to set some summer goals. That and maybe find a new patio where I can not only enjoy the sun but bring my laptop.

My Summer Goals-

1. Edit my two novels.

2. Finish a very, very rough draft of my memoir.

3. Expand my Blog.

4. Read 25 completely new books.

5. Still enjoy some fun in the Sun 😉

What are your goals?

So This Is How It Really Went Down

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Camp NaNoWriMo: The Truth Exposed

Final Word Count- 38,941

Target Goal- 50,000

So close yet so very far……

I will guarantee this much, I am going to finish this story. Hell I am even going to edit it.

I am real proud of it and the progress I made despite missing the word count (curse my competitive streak).

It’s full of a little thing that I like to call potential.  

Possibility

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Emotionally overwhelmed,

Eternal battle between

Drive and Complacency.

Chasing the elusive white Rabbit.

Late at night my mind fills;

with plans, ideas, goals.

Hopeful that grand dreams transform into grander realities.

Always the harsh glare from

The sun awakens me.

Forces the heavy burden of truth,

upon my shoulders.

A Reckoning Is Coming. 

The Friday Bucket List

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Bucket List

I am generally speaking an extremely superstitious person, it is ingrained in my nature. Therefore my next few thoughts go against pretty much all of my instincts. Things have been going quite well lately; new job, school, great progress on my latest book and a blog I am really quite proud of.

It’s like everything is going my way. There I said it…out loud.

I can’t help but wonder then if I say a few other things out loud if they make come true.

So for this Friday I am going to write down the five most ridiculous things I can think of off the top of my head for my Bucket List.

In hopes of course that they will come true because….Hey Why Not?

1. World Wide Best Selling Author

2. Travel to every Continent

3. Do a Triathlon… haha just kidding never gonna happen.

4. Court side Season Tickets for my beloved Denver Nuggets

5. Inspire People with my Writing on a Global level.

Just in case you’re curious I left out; Marry Brad Pitt, Become President and Change The World because while it’s a great idea it has always been entirely too vague for my taste.

What ridiculous or even non-ridiculous five things would you add to your bucket list today?

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

Early Morning Writing Confessions

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The title might be a bit misleading depending on what part of the world you are in, it is not early morning but it’s early enough for me.

Last night I was brainstorming and working hard to figure out my plot for the last 20,000 words of my April Novel when the following questions bombarded my thoughts:

What if someone somewhere in the world is having the exact unique thought I am?

Who writes it down first?

Does it matter if neither one of us shares it?

What if we both do?

Is anything we write 100% original?