Quote #28 - Paul Theroux

"Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us."
- Paul Theroux

Random #12

Ever been given a personality test at a job interview?  Ever gone to an interview without any actual interviewing being done?  That happened to me.  Last week.  It was so weird.  A PERSONALITY TEST.  I checked off boxes in categories and columns.  I guess if they've used it before and it worked, then okay.... but still weird.  It makes me not want to work there.  Well, if I fail the test it's not like they'll be calling me anyway.  It's all I could think of when I opened my blog today.  I'm going to have to put it in a story sometime.

Quote #27 - Alexander Pope

"True ease in writing comes from art, not changes,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance."
- Alexander Pope

Random #11

I still have no car.  It is very frustrating.  The longer it's in the shop, the more dollars signs I see.  I don't know what's going to happen.  It's stressful and getting in the way of everything I want to do.  I can't even go grocery shopping without some fancy planning.  Anyone else have real life problems stressing them out?

Quote #26 - Robert Frost

"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader." - Robert Frost

Quote #25 - Ransom Riggs

"I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen." - Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

Random #10

My car broke down on the weekend.  It sucks.  It can (hopefully) be fixed. It's just going to take a long time (and more money than I want to spend). So, I've been stuck at home with my son all week.  I think we're both going a little stir crazy.  At least there's a play group tomorrow within walking distance.  

I know this isn't my usual random thought, but it's what is on my mind right now.  

Have a great day!

Last Week... #2

I think I was productive last week.  I finished the edits for section five and the first half of the conclusion for my non-fiction.  I started work on the second half of the conclusion.  Yes, the conclusion will be longer than I intended.  It was all work that had me feeling good.

Below is a bit of what I wrote while at my writing group last week.  I like it a lot and wonder where it will take me one day.

Being Flung Up Into the Sky

I squeal, as the wind rushes by my ears.  My hair blows around my face.  I stretch my arms and my legs out, my excitement cannot be contained.  I don’t know why I hesitated.  Being thrown, launched, flung into the air is amazing.  I reach out and touch the sky.

I feel my descent, the downward journey of my arc.  I look below me and see the air cushion waiting for my arrival.  I don’t want to land.  I don’t want to touch the ground.  I want to stay in the air.  I want to run my fingers through the sky.  I want to kick my legs at the clouds. I want my hair to ripple back as I swim forward through nothing.

Then I stop.  Two metres before the cushion, I am suspended.  I hover.  I hear shouting all around me.  At the cushion and from the canon where I was launched.