Here are the opening paragraphs from this year's NaNoWriMo novel, The Law of Immediate Forgiveness. Read more on the page that will be dedicated to it all month! One Sunday evening, at exactly eight – sixteen pm, Amy June Pilgrim made a decision. It was a decision she’d made at least twenty-three times before, but … Continue reading The Law of Immediate Forgiveness – NaNo is on!
Fearless Hearts and Great Pumpkins, Redux
I know it's cheating, but I really like this little post from Halloween two years ago. Because I think Linus has a fearless heart, and that's the lesson of the Great Pumpkin: let go of disappointment and let yourself hope (or love) again, no matter how ridiculous it seems to the Lucy's of this world. … Continue reading Fearless Hearts and Great Pumpkins, Redux
The Journey at Home (Hint: Word Hunters, Look Here!)
Most stories involve travel, in the form of a journey. You know the cliché about the “hero’s journey.” It’s used all the time because it’s something we can relate to – the need to get away, to explore, to experience the unfamiliar and unknown, to travel far and wide before we can find our way … Continue reading The Journey at Home (Hint: Word Hunters, Look Here!)
NaNoWriMo Countdown
It starts in about ten days: National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The joyous, crazy, intense, freakish experience of voluntarily committing to write fifty thousand words in the month of November. This will be my third year as a participant; I confess I'm addicted. I've learned a lot about writing from reading, and from workshops, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Countdown
Champagne Books’ Reader Celebration Continues – Watch this space!
Just a reminder that the month-long celebration of readers continues at Champagne Books. Watch this space: On October 29, I'll publish a post that includes a word in the word-find contest. Click the link below to discover what you can win. Contests are fun, but the main point is appreciating readers. Readers co-create the worlds … Continue reading Champagne Books’ Reader Celebration Continues – Watch this space!
An autumn recipe
I don't know about you, but this time of year my thoughts turn to baking - all those apples and pears just waiting to be baked into pies, with lots of cinnamon, and ginger. Yum.... Oops, okay, I'm back. But inspired by a training I attended last week, here's a different kind of recipe that … Continue reading An autumn recipe
Belonging
My contribution this week to the Writers Vineyard, the blog where Champagne authors talk about the experience, joys, sorrows, fears, and endless new discoveries of writing. It starts with a fear - the fear that I'm really only writing one story, over and over again, just in different guises. *** Sometimes I worry that everything … Continue reading Belonging
Champagne Books Reader Celebration
I am happy to share this link to Champagne Book Group's blog, where the October Reader Celebration begins! CBG is an independent publisher headquartered in Calgary, Alberta; they are the lovely people who are bringing my first book into this world in the spring. I'll be participating in the fun, hosting a reader word search … Continue reading Champagne Books Reader Celebration
The Good Fire
After more than a month of wildfires burning in our part of the country, and living in a smoky haze, it was such a treat to visit a friend on the other side of the mountains and be reminded of the enchanting power of a good fire. This week's Project Create tries to evoke the … Continue reading The Good Fire
Devils conspire?
A haiku inspired by the flurry of media attention to the referee's call at the end of the Seahawks-Packers game on Monday night. And this week's Project Create. Simultaneous possession: What happens when Devils conspire. .
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 