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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Mining Vacay Gold

It's vacay season when we share collective thoughts.

How much can I jam in my suitcase?
Should I lie to the calorie tracker on my smartphone?
Do I trust the GPS or will I end up in a lake?

We writers have another subset of "on the road" musings.

If that girl falls off that balcony will that guy catch her?
Were those glowing eyes flying across the road a Chupacabra?
Is this a tasty location for my next MS?

Julie Musil recently shared her method of note-taking to recall the details of a situation here

I prefer to chronicle my vacay observations visually.

A shadow. A shoe. A tree.

Don't move. It will see you.

The face behind the bottom right pane disappeared.

What strategies do you use to cement observations into your writerly brain?



Thursday, July 11, 2013

"Not Cool Robert Frost" Meet Kid President

Really Leslie? Another video to watch. I'm trying to hit ten blogs today. I don't have time for this. 

Cross my heart, you will not regret clicking on this one. Inspiration shows up when you need it the most. 
Here's some for you.




Kid President's name is Robby. He was born with brittle bone condition and has endured over 70 breaks since he was born. He is on a journey through this life to get us all dancing.
To learn more about this extraordinary force in our universe, visit his website Kid President
And now -
Let's DANCE!