I’m happy to say that I did write a post for Musings. A filler, but a good one, I think. You can find it at http://susansonnen.blogspot.com/2008/07/aristotle-says.html. Aristotle and Homer and Rembrandt. I’ll discuss them more another day.
July 3, 2008
June 29, 2008
My Children and Poetry
Oh, happy day! Hannah asked me if I had a book of poetry that she could read. Boy, do I! I sent her Mary Oliver’s way this morning.
Hannah was working on a poem two nights ago. She hasn’t done that for awhile. I hope that she keeps up with it.
Lizzy writes poetry and fiction. She used to write a lot of fan fiction.
John writes poetry. I have some of his tucked away.
James wrote a poem in elementary school that was wonderful. Really! I need to find it because I want to frame it.
June 21, 2008
Musings Posts
I am spending some time this evening writing posts for Musings. I’ve realized that I’m far more adept at short blogs than expanded ones. With that in mind, it should not take long to have a collection of posts ready to put up as needed. Some are specifically about writing, but others are just about life. That’s the wonderful thing about writing, though. In the end, everything pertains to writing.
May 25, 2008
And she’s off!
It’s time to buckle down and write. It has been a few days. I’ve not been myself, as I’ve mentioned before. The time has come to buckle down and buck up, little buttercup! Life is good. God is good. And writing makes me feel sooooooo good! Here I go…
May 20, 2008
On Writing Today
I wish that I could stay home today. I haven’t had this much on my heart to write for a very, very long time.
April 19, 2008
Cranberry Juice
My kingdom for a cranberry juice right now! Dear God, I want a cranberry juice! Still, I do not want it badly enough to go out in the rain, drive to Wal-Mart and buy it. Sad day in MommaTown.
I had a lot of fun putting together my new Meez today! I love seeing her on my sites.
Well, it is 9:11 pm (according to real time, not my WordPress time) and I have not accomplished very much. I did do some writing, but as of yet have not completed that article for Associated Content. I want to finish that and submit it before I go to bed tonight.
Once again I feel a nudge urging me to convert my poem Baby Bluebird into a picture book. I’m not sure how I will do the illustrations, but I do want to do them myself. Or perhaps Elizabeth will illustrate the book for me!
Realizing Your Own Limitations
April 8, 2008 1
When I imagine writers at work, I picture them sitting before their laptops, typewriters, or parchment for hours on end. That has never worked for me, nor will it ever work for me. I am not predisposed to sitting at one task for any length of time. Well, that’s not completely true. I can spend hours on end playing Griddle or Scrabulous. But back to writing – I have finally accepted the fact that my work must be done in small increments. In fact, this carries over into how I formulate an entire book. I write it out in miniature chapters, from beginning to end. Only then am I able to assemble a full length novel. This would be tedious to some, but for me it is the only way.
Kyle Told Me To
April 6, 2008
I am writing at this moment because Kyle told me to. He said that I always seem to do better on days that I write. This is a fact. I do not think that it is going to make much of a difference these next few weeks, though. Nor do I think that I will be at my most creative. I am, as you might have guessed, rather wrapped up in my own mediocrity and despair at the moment. Mediocrity sucks. Despair is a bitch. Ugh.
Poor me.
Okay. Time to buck up, little buttercup. If you’re going through hell, keep on going. I know the way out. I’ve been here a hundred times before. First, you take a right on Get Out of Bed Street and then you course down to Don’t Forget to Breathe Avenue. Eventually, after a journey of a thousand compressed and stifling moments, you pass a street sign that promises Light at the End of the Tunnel Straight Ahead. As always, I will stay on Don’t Forget to Breathe heading West, toward the light. I will not brake until I am back in the Land of the Living. I look forward to seeing you there.
April 18, 2008
Brilliant Thoughts
April 5, 2008
Brilliant Thoughts
Speaking of brilliant thoughts, I began a manuscript the other day. (Another day without Internet access – not that I’m paying any attention to that, though.) I am terribly excited about it! (Of course, it would be even neater if I could easily research via the Internet from the comfort of my own home.) What really has me over the top regarding this book is the fact that it is coming so easily. I am writing straight from my own experiences and my own beliefs, so it is literally falling onto the page! And do you know what? I actually think that people will be interested. Wow!
April 15, 2008
And more curses!
As God is my witness, I tried to access my WordPress blog via the library with no success a week or two ago. Today I am here. Go figure. Well, allow me to give you fair warning: In two or three days I will have numerous entries to place on Forget Me Not. Yes, I have been isolated. No, I did not die.
I am not in a good mood. I HATE ISOLATION!!! I hate it even more than I hate being around other people!
