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Keep The Home Fires Burning
Audrey: I wonder what’s going on?
Calliope: She didn’t say much, just wanted to meet us at the campfire.
Audrey bends over, lights the paper they’ve piled under the kindling.
Calliope claps: I love fire.
Audrey, side eyes her: I’m not sure you want to say that out loud!
They were still laughing when Grace and Doris walked up to the crackling flames.… Continue reading →
Creative Pivot
Photo by Mehmet Can Özgümüş on Unsplash
A month ago I was working on the project I had been
tackling for about six months. It was a big beautiful messy project
that morphed from autofiction to fantasy.
Me: 😱
Also Me: Didn’t see that one coming.
No, I truly didn’t. I wasn’t expecting it, but the project just got bigger and bigger.… Continue reading →
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The End of the 33 Day Medium Challenge
Yesterday I wrote about the challenge being almost over and what I learned from it.
I am wondering what to write about today.
Also I am wondering why I wrote that yesterday. 🤔
Today is about deciding whether to keep doing this,
move to another platform, or add another platform,
what was the point, and what do I do from here.… Continue reading →
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Pushing Past a Challenge
Today is day 31 of my 30 day
writing challenge on Medium.
So it’s kind of like a bonus.
The actual challenge was for 30 days.
I decided to do a 33 day challenge.
I forget why.
It was something about some spiritual something.
I think.🤔
So today is like a bonus.
Or it doesn’t really count.… Continue reading →
From Zero to Marathon Writing Session
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
I finally posted to Facebook yesterday.
It is one thing to fling words into the vast windy emptiness of Medium.
It is another thing entirely to post in front of people who know me.
The tech part made it worse.
Something with a banner image and sharing links and Medium being Medium.… Continue reading →
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Ya Gotta Know When To Fold ‘em
I was writing the Big Story.
My own Muse benched me.
Also, yesterday I exposed my Inner Naked Baby to the world.
That’s enough.
Me:😮
Also Me:😮
Inner Naked Baby:😭
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The Story Spirals Back
I have been working on Audrey’s story for months.
I mentioned before that I thought it might be autofiction.
Nope. It slid all the way into mythical, mystical slipstream,
with brutal bits woven through.
The story was intended to be braided with myth and fear, hope and time,
memory lapses and loops, and soft humor and fairy tale fugues
to give Audrey time to heal enough to go on.… Continue reading →
Listening to Grace, my muse
I have a story to tell. It was never going to be a memoir. I reserve the right to make shit up.
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” – Albert Camus
I briefly flirted with the concept of autofiction. At first, my writing fit that frame. But then my words began to wander off the page like toddlers trailing after a puppy. … Continue reading →
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Technologically Challenged
In the midst of the rabid discussion about the role of AI in our lives, I have certainly found a use that is invaluable to me. I am definitely technology challenged. Instructions give me a headache. Words blur.
So, I will ask AI to give me instructions on how to do something on my blog, for instance. … Continue reading →
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Tagged learning curve, technology challenged, wordpress confusion
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Wake up and Smell the Paints
Doris von Tettenborn
Honorable Mention Off Topic Publishing
June 2024 CNF Contest
Published Off Topic Publishing
Inspired 55+Magazine
I turned 60 last year. I still have not recovered. I spent the previous year trying to get used to the concept by changing my computer password frequently. CRAZY60, LOVELY60, NOWAY60, STUPID60, HAPPY60, CRAPPY60, FRICKIN60.
It didn’t work.… Continue reading →
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