Celebrating the Small Things: Yesterday I went to an acquaintance’s house
and by the time I left we were friends.
This woman saw the poor state of my hands (see last Friday’s post) and
had pity on me. She had an old corn-sucker that she uses to take that outer
peel off her black walnuts, and since a whole new wave of walnuts fell into my
yard and I really didn’t want my hands to stay like this forever, I gratefully
took a big tub over to her house to do in five minutes what it took me two
hours to do. Then she gave me a tour of her farm. She has about eighteen acres
of ponds and fruit trees and geese and ducks and a horse or two. There was no
rhyme or reason to any of it, but it had a very lived in, homey wonderful feel
to it. I loved it. After that, we sat in front of a roaring fire, pouring over
heirloom seed catalogues. It was wonderful.
Express Yourself: Which Halloween candy were (are) you most
excited to see in your Halloween bag? Chocolate anything, the bigger the
better. A full size candy bar is always a hit. My neighbor gives them out, so I
make sure I’m the one to take the kids because she always gives one to me, too.
It might have something to do with my lower lip protruding slightly, though.
Do you have a goal? Five year
challenge. This
is the brain child of Misha Gericke and Beth Fred. The link is: Five Year Project
. Basically, when you sign up, you are listing your five year dream. The big
one. For me it’s having The Newstead Trilogy be the next great American Novel
(s). I know, big. This month has been going really well. The second book is due
out on November 1st, word is getting out about the first book, and I’ve
started working on the outline of the first spin-off book, which will be my
focus of NaNo this year.
Twelve Days to Release Day Fest: Thank you everyone who signed up. I’ll leave the list up until the first.
On the first day till release day, I give to one of you: One Newstead ebook
On
the third day till release day I give to all of you: Three blogs you have to
visit: For information: Susan Kaye Quinn
For a laugh: A beer for the shower
For feeling connected: Alex J. Cavanaugh
On
the fourth day till release day I give to all of you: Four things you need in
prep for NaNo: Signing up, of course: NaNoWriMo
An informative book:
2K to 10k by Rachel Aaron Scrivener: Scrivener and a
good cup of tea: Yummy tea
On
the fifth day till release day I give to all of you: Five Golden rings!
Thank you, Melanie! Brandon and Bryan will be quite pleased as well.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found a way to save your hands and make a friend in the process.
Looking forward to your release day!
That's a great reason to celebrate, newfound friendship is wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteSo much to celebrate! Your post makes me happy. ☺ Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're making awesome progress. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThe farm sounds lovely. I'm glad you made a new friend :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have fun and glad you don't have to stain your hands. I signed up to help with your release. Woot! You go!
ReplyDeleteAcquaintance to friend -- that can be a real journey, but it doesn't have to take long.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on making a new friend!
ReplyDeleteI'm not trick 'r treating, but I am giving out Tootsie roll pops. I'll let any kid who shows up take two handfuls of them.
ReplyDeleteFor me personally, I bought some gummy cherries. Got to have the candy fix somehow!
I miss trick-or-treating, and I miss not worrying about calories every time I ate a piece of candy. I loved those little boxes of Nerds. I also really liked Kit Kat bars.
ReplyDeleteI don't think my goal right now is "the big one", but it's the one that's really been plaguing me a long time. I just want something published, and apart from a little poem and a little bit of flash fiction, I don't have anything. Unless you count my music CD, which I am in fact listing on my "publications" page. But I really want to get more WRITING out there. So for me, it's a pretty big one, even if I am only working on a novella for now.
ReplyDeleteThat night with your friend sounds absolutely divine!
ReplyDeleteHow does a corn-shucker work without hurting the corn? Glad you had such a good time and got that done so much faster. Mmmmm, chocolate.
ReplyDeleteShannon at The Warrior Muse