the book stack: where it’s been
If I’m gutsy-honest, the kind of honest that is see-through and stark and you wonder if people are still going to like you when you’re done being honest, then I’d… Read more the book stack: where it’s been →
{story} five minute friday
Go I’m embracing a story of insteads. Instead of giving birth to a baby girl with my curls and an infant boy with his eyes, our babies were grown in… Read more {story} five minute friday →
{broken} five minute friday
Go He breaks everything! These words were spoken too many times each day after our new son came home last January. It was a true statement. Frustration, anxiety, anger, confusion… Read more {broken} five minute friday →
{belong}: five minute friday
So I came across this writing challenge hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker that I thought I’d give a try.For more information, check out this link to Five Minute Friday. The nitty-gritty is you write… Read more {belong}: five minute friday →
{present}: five minute friday
So I came across this writing challenge hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker that I thought I’d give a try.For more information, check out this link to Five Minute Friday. The… Read more {present}: five minute friday →
demanding
Disappointed. This is what I’m feeling right now. Yesterday demanded something of me every single minute. Most of what was demanded, I didn’t want to give. The thing I’m most disappointed about isn’t the unintended messages or the grumbling people or even the visit that went too long past my bedtime, the thing I am most disappointed about is I didn’t get to slice. I know many people write posts ahead of time. Others keep a back up post in their queue for days like yesterday. However, I’ve challenged myself… Read more demanding →
gasp!
I can’t believe it’s August and I forgot.{deep breath}WFMAD.{an experience that made me believe I could maybe, perhaps, actually write fiction}Write Fifteen Minutes a Day, a writing challenge hosted by Laurie Halse Anderson on her blog, Mad Woman in the Forest, is something I’ve participated in for several years. I love it. In an effort to embrace what I can do and let go of the things I don’t do, I’m going to be excited that I remembered and happy to have TWO fifteen minute writing experiences for the next week,… Read more gasp! →
35 minutes. 3.5 miles. 35 years.
Happy birthday! In January I set a goal for my 35th birthday. Run a 5k without being dead for the rest of the day. In May I changed the goal… Read more 35 minutes. 3.5 miles. 35 years. →
discovering a new character
Today’s #TeachersWrite quick write challenge is to put a character in the media center of a school. I love quick writes, because there is always something lurking just beyond the… Read more discovering a new character →
Ruth Ayres Writes 