Daily Thoughts
Welcome to Write the Story!
This November writing challenge is an alternative to the 50,000-word options. Sure, Write the Story! offers a 50K option as well, but it is also about providing a 50K alternative for November. If you want a 50K challenge that feels more like what NaNoWriMo offered,...
Write the Story!
Write the Story Writing Challenge—the 50k alternative. Choose your challenge and write the story that's been whispering to you. Short Story = 5k – 10k Novelette = 7.5k – 17k Novella = 10k – 40k Novel = 50k – 100k This challenge is a Tiered Writing Challenge. That...
The Importance of Slowing Down
New days filled with new mercies, new opportunities, and new perspectives. My temptation, my approach to my days, in the past was to “hit the ground running” and accomplish as much as possible. I may have hit that mark; I wish I could remember. What I remember, is the...
Embracing the Tensions of Life
Sometimes, the clouds match my internal landscape, that tension between hope and fear, the duel between faith and doubt. And, like the sky, sometimes my tension leans toward the darkness. The fear, the doubt, settles around me. Still. I know the sun still shines. Even...
Here Endeth the Written Words
When I got up yesterday, I had a sort-of plan for the day for how I would spend my time. Honestly, most of my mornings follow the same rhythm of waking up, doing my Morning Pages, spending time with God while sipping a much-anticipated cup of coffee, and then moving...
They Are Humans Who Glitter
As I have moved through the year with this blog of 365 reasons why I love my teenagers, the reason for doing it has come into a clearer focus. There were myriad reasons for starting it back in January, not the least of which was to demonstrate to myself, my girls, and...
What’s It About?
I like to think that I’m more of a spontaneous person than I really am. Perhaps it’s that I like the idea of spontaneity more than the spontaneity itself, I’m not sure. When I was younger, I used to imagine myself living a life steeped in spontaneous moments,...
The Strength of Connection
There’s a popular phrase I’m guessing we are all at least a little bit familiar with—misery loves company. I can remember hearing that phrase growing up, though, to be honest, I’m not quite sure I fully understood either its meaning or the intent of the one sharing...
They’re So Relatable!
when we are reflected in books & stories, we feel seen... I remember when I was growing up, there was something kind of nice to find someone else in the world who seemed to be like me, especially in their shyness or their awkwardness or even their sense of...