I love how this became your “Writers Retreat”. Time well spent and which also sparked your creativity even more so. Every writer has their own unique surroundings that are best suited for them. I love hearing the different spaces writers choose to work in.
Thank you, Susan! Yesterday, at my daughter's graduation, I was not only able to thank her talented, caring professors (whom they call tutors) for their work with my daughter but also share my unique experience as a writer. They all said, "Come back!" How lovely to be welcomed. What is your writing space/retreat?
Thank you, Rebecca! I must say, I owe my ability to do this to my mother. When I was a teen and early 20-something, it annoyed the hell out of me that she marveled at the most simple (like sparrows and cows), but now, for me, it is a gift to have seen the world through her eyes. To see the world as it presents itself, as an opportunity.
Good morning and Happy Graduation Eve! After thinking about your question, “What are your creative pursuits?” I had to think hard. I use to dance; I no longer do that. I use to take voice lessons; I no longer do that! So, I asked myself, “What do I do?” To put it plainly, I’m putting my ancestors’ lives together to form the fabric of my family! It is my hope to find out more about their lives to piece together enough to write about them. I’ve got one ancestor, Caroline Branham, who was enslaved by George Washington, that, if I knew all that she thought and did, I could potentially fill a book with pages and pages with many ups and downs. Or, I could write about my great grandmother who was driven off her land through eminent domain in Chevy Chase, D.C.! I am putting it together piece by piece!
Yes! The fabric of your family...piece by piece, a quilted story so very, very important to be told, recorded, and saved forever, never to be forgotten again. I love this and can't wait to hear all the pieces, the discoveries, the questions, the research, the pursuit...all of it! And yes, Happy Graduation Eve to you too!
I love how this became your “Writers Retreat”. Time well spent and which also sparked your creativity even more so. Every writer has their own unique surroundings that are best suited for them. I love hearing the different spaces writers choose to work in.
Thank you, Susan! Yesterday, at my daughter's graduation, I was not only able to thank her talented, caring professors (whom they call tutors) for their work with my daughter but also share my unique experience as a writer. They all said, "Come back!" How lovely to be welcomed. What is your writing space/retreat?
Loved this, Mary! Brilliant to have viewed the unexpected project as your own 'Writers' Retreat' - that's amazing! 🙌
Thank you, Rebecca! I must say, I owe my ability to do this to my mother. When I was a teen and early 20-something, it annoyed the hell out of me that she marveled at the most simple (like sparrows and cows), but now, for me, it is a gift to have seen the world through her eyes. To see the world as it presents itself, as an opportunity.
That's wonderful, Mary! 😊 Such a gift!
A Rom-Com - how fun! I've been immersed in one genre for a long time (MG fantasy) but someday would love to try a few others.
It really is fun. I didn't think it would be and had thought that I'd try a chapter and, if I didn't have fun, would stop. I couldn't stop!
Good morning and Happy Graduation Eve! After thinking about your question, “What are your creative pursuits?” I had to think hard. I use to dance; I no longer do that. I use to take voice lessons; I no longer do that! So, I asked myself, “What do I do?” To put it plainly, I’m putting my ancestors’ lives together to form the fabric of my family! It is my hope to find out more about their lives to piece together enough to write about them. I’ve got one ancestor, Caroline Branham, who was enslaved by George Washington, that, if I knew all that she thought and did, I could potentially fill a book with pages and pages with many ups and downs. Or, I could write about my great grandmother who was driven off her land through eminent domain in Chevy Chase, D.C.! I am putting it together piece by piece!
Yes! The fabric of your family...piece by piece, a quilted story so very, very important to be told, recorded, and saved forever, never to be forgotten again. I love this and can't wait to hear all the pieces, the discoveries, the questions, the research, the pursuit...all of it! And yes, Happy Graduation Eve to you too!