Hello again...What's new? Not much

Hello again, dear reader. Yes, it has been a while. Seven months, I think?

What's new? Oh, not much. I'm still as uncertain, and indecisive as ever. Aerials, motherhood, writing, and librarianship all continue to fight for supremacy in my confused and befuddled heart and mind.

Andrew remains a wonderful support, although I know he's getting frustrated with me, a) because I can't seem to make a decision, or even in progress toward a decision; and b) because he can't help me. I'm not going to delve into this right now.

What brings me back to my little blog space? Well, it's NaNoWriMo,...which in the past I have despised (writing ridiculous amounts in a month does not make one a writer). I'm definitely not going to meet the fifty thousand word goal, but I AM writing. For me, that's pretty big. I haven't had a new set of characters to write about in over three years (hm,...wonder why). I haven't had a new story idea in three years either. I was beginning to despair that that aspect of my creative life was all over.

After a recent re-watching of Casablanca, I had an idea. Something about the phrase 'Everyone comes to Rick's, got me going. Any maybe I could take some of the elements of my favourite book, Sunshine, put then together and come up with something interesting? Whether anyone else will find it interesting remains to be seen.

So, I'm here to proclaim to the hill tops and back: I AM WRITING.

I will try to blog again soon about some other (non-writing) projects I've got planned for November and December.

My current self-published novels available on Amazon. Cimwai's Bay, The Cure, and Circus of Love, under my pen name, Peggy Fitz

Ciao,

Andrea

A short story project for Lent

Last year during Lent I completed a self-reflective exercise, looking at my character flaws, and also considering my thoughts around work fulfillment. I'm not planning to do that again this year. I hope I haven't developed more flaws...and I'm not sure how well I've managed to over come the ones I identified last year.

Instead, I was thinking about doing a short story project. I'd aim for two short posts a week (between 250-500 words), starting this week, and going until Easter (April 20th--yeah, it's really late this year).

The slight hitch in my current plan is I don't have a story idea yet. No characters, no plot, nothing. So, I'd love suggestions! I'm not looking to make this religious or a self-discovery journey, it's meant only to exercise my writing skills. I'm willing to go for comedy, tragedy, romance, speculative, young adult, or older adult, whatever!

If you have a suggestion, feel free to comment here or on Facebook, or even Twitter, if that's how you'd prefer to correspond.

Then I'll see what I can come up with.

Ciao,

Andrea