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The light burned her swollen eyes. She forced her tender feet to keep moving. Her future was at the end of the pier.
The war had found them today. It tore apart their peaceful existing once again, but the destruction would not be complete. She would find Eric again, a few more yards, almost there. The sounds of a bitter fight reached her ears and gun shots rang out.
Fear filled her heart. The last of her energy stores ripped through her cold muscles.
“I’m coming. Hold on, Eric.”
She arrived finding him standing over the last monster, for today.
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Happy Six Sunday. Thanks for visiting and I’d love to know what you think!! I’m continuing this week with another 6 from my Novella WIP. Last week I left Jake frustrated and working a little too hard on hiding his Dom instincts. In today’s 6: Lydia is still out washing up from lunch and Jake has convinced himself Lydia is not for him.
He knew just how to prove himself right. His dominate side was itching to get out anyway. He would ease off on the reins and give her a little scare. It was a desperate man who willingly tried to scare a woman, a decision he feared he’d regret. Lydia’s vanilla nature would help prove him right and then he would let go of his fascination. The plan was simple and fool proof.
Famous last words for a Dom heading smack dab into something he’s not expecting. I wonder what Lydia is thinking at this very moment?… Come back next week, pretty please.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I’d like to know what you really think of my 6. I need the advice, I’m a newbie and have much to learn. Don’t forget to check out the other Six Sunday authors. Lots of good stuff at Six Sunday. Try to find a new favorite today. happy hunting!
When stress and doubt fill you up where do you turn? Do you escape into a good book, call a friend, or maybe watch those around you for a new idea? For the past 7-weeks I’ve been wittling away at my to-do list, making progress, and forgetting to have fun.
I need balance.
Not a break, not a complete retooling, just a little balance. Life can’t be all about work and study.
This week I’m going to continue working on the list below, but each day I’m going to make a concerted effort to break up the stress in an effort to find balance.
The Goals – week-7 results
Spend at least 1-hour a day with my characters- done
Write 2,000 words each week– not done, added 486-words, maybe it’s because of the next line or maybe it’s because of what I mentioned in the opening. Regardless, writing makes me happy. WEEK-8 PRIORITY
Spend time editing at least 2-times each week– I edited 4-days this week
Finish reading current craft book and start another– when in doubt read craft books. Finally I got back to this book, only took 8-weeks to do it, but timing can be an interesting thing.
Participate in Before You Hit Send Self-Editing Workshop in April– the workshop is over. I did put some of my new skills to work this week while reading my friends draft, yeah.
Turn 2nd-draft chapters to my writer friend for her critique– I’m a smidge closer than last week
Workout a minimum of 200-minutes a week and round it out with plenty of water, sleep and my calorie limit– 190-minutes this week and everything else was pretty good, I’m going to consider this really close to done.
Study one of the Nia 52-moves each week (the 52-moves is like the ballet bar for Nia lovers): Cha-Cha-Cha. In place, step left-right-left, then right-left-right, in a one-two-three count. Keep your feet close to the ground. Feel free to use your hands and arms to express yourself. Find your own rhythm and play with speed. Benefits: helps develop speed and coordination.
Finish the Sanjana bars and start the Opal bars (i.e. studying the song/movement structure)– I created more enlarged simplified notes to hang on the mirrors this week. Eek, only a few weeks left of this round. I better get a move on.
Listen to the Nia sound track for the Sanjana routine each week and add Opal when I get to their bars– done
Plan out and start participating in the last of my needed continuing education credits for PMP certification– I made progress here. I know, shocking. I finally logged into the PMI database and entered the credits I’ve already earned. I also looked up the courses I’m going to take over the summer. I still have a few more credits to plan for, but I’m about ready to get started. Thank goodness!
Priorities this week: balance, writing, editing, fun, Sanjana movements and balance
Yesterday I posted links to some of my favorite writing links of the week. I left one out, so I’m linking it here today. Jennifer Crusie posted on the 16th The Telling and the Tale, an interesting conversation between her and Krissie about story telling and story. It’s a must read.
Hope you all have a great week, productive, less stressful and fun.
It’s Saturday, so again I have collected a bunch of wonderful posts from this past week. Enjoy and don’t forget to see, at the bottom, what Jeff has selected for us to listen to this week.
Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars. Even though they are only a duo, they have a collective group sound.You may remember seeing them on the grammy’s this past year. I think they won a bunch of ‘em.
They’re a great songwriting duo whose voices blend perfectly. What’s very cool about this group is that, while they have a great vocal blend, their individual voices are fairly distinct. With a unique voice it can often be difficult to blend with anyone else, let alone another unique voice. It’s a rare and special thing when this happens and I think they realized it right away. Plus, they seem to write songs well together…another tricky skill.
The whole album is quite a bit more mellow than this tune but I’ve been enjoying. They also have a really cool version of ‘I want you back’ by the Jackson 5. They contributed a few tunes, including one with Taylor Swift (that certainly adds to her lacking credibility), for the hunger games movie. Those tunes (even the one with Taylor Swift) are very good as well.
p.s. they are not a couple. They are each married to other people. I think they get that question a lot because of how close they seem to be.
Hope you enjoyed the links this week. Did you miss my Flash Fiction from yesterday? And last, don’t forget to come back tomorrow for my six sentences from my WIP.
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Their little brother was tiny. Hard to believe mom had carried two this size. He smiled at his twin. Little Nathan was no less a miracle. Mom and dad were still grinning like teenagers over their newest son. None of them could have guessed this outcome.
When the brothers were five their dad had a freak accident that stole his memories and shortly after he disappeared. Nine-months ago mom announced she found dad and he had his memories back. They didn’t like thinking about where dad had been.
The love birds wasted no time, evidenced by Nathan. Their love survived.
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Happy Six Sunday. Thanks for visiting and I’d love to know what you think!! I’m continuing this week with another 6 from my Novella WIP. Last week I left Jake claiming he wouldn’t let go if Lydia poked him in the chest again. In today’s 6: Lydia has just escaped to the bathroom to wash her hands and to examine her latest thought of seducing Jake. Now for 6 from Jake’s POV.
The dom in him was aching to get out and not simply because he found her attractive. Something in her demeanor pulled on him and commanded him to push her limits. His fist hit the table, frustration swept through his body. It was hard to ignore his instincts. Even now he wanted to go to her and help. God help him, he wanted to touch her again.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I’d like to know what you really think of my 6. I need the advice, I’m a newbie and have much to learn. Don’t forget to check out the other Six Sunday authors. Lots of good stuff at Six Sunday. Try to find a new favorite today. happy hunting!
Happy Mother’s Day. Thank you, Ann Jarvis & Anna Jarvis for all you did in your days. According to Wikipedia, during the American Civil War Ann organized women to tend to the needs of the wounded of both sides of the war conflict. Ann went on to organize Mothers’ Day Work Clubs in five cities near their home in what is now West Virginia to improve sanitary and health conditions.
Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis died in Philadelphia in 1905. In 1907, Jarvis’ daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis, passed out 500 white carnations at her mother’s church, one for each mother in the congregation. The following year, she held a memorial to her mother and then embarked upon a campaign to make Mother’s Day a recognized holiday, a goal which was achieved when President Woodrow Wilson declared it so in 1914.
Apparently it isn’t just Hallmark commercials that make me cry this time of year. I linked up their current tear jerker below, just in case you missed it. Jenny Hansen explained in a post this past week why I have so many problems with mom, but I still love her with ALL my heart. I’ll see my mom today during our weekly Skype session and then I plan to spend my mother’s day reading and writing. We’ll see how the hubs does in wrangling those kids all day.
Okay, enough procrastinating 😉
The Goals – week-6 results
Spend at least 1-hour a day with my characters- done
Write 2,000 words each week– I added 2,046 words, plus I deleted a ton (unneeded words/notes for scenes that I no longer need, because they’re written…plus check out the next line.
Spend time editing at least 2-times each week– I edited 3-days this week
Finish reading current craft book and start another– made no progress again, WK 7 PRIORITY<–I’m serious this time. My fingers are crossed for week 7, because I’ll be editing a lot this week and doing a good bit of plot review. My current craft book is James Scott Bell’s Plot & Structure.
Participate in Before You Hit Send Self-Editing Workshop in April– the workshop is over and I put more of my new skills to work this week…still more to review here.
Turn 2nd-draft chapters to my writer friend for her critique– getting closer, no prediction yet though
Workout a minimum of 200-minutes a week and round it out with plenty of water, sleep and my calorie limit– Got only 135 minutes again this week and everything else was good. Somehow in the last week I got back to 0.5 pounds to goal. I think we can all agree that our bodies work in strange and mysterious ways.
Study one of the Nia 52-moves each week (the 52-moves is like the ballet bar for Nia lovers): Lateral Traveling. Begin in Closed Stance. 3-Steps: side, together, side. Keep your knees spring-loaded, shoulders relaxed, and your spine vertical. Place your foot directly down on the earth. Plant your foot firmly. Sink & rise. Work with various speeds to develop power and agility. Benefits: improves your ability to move from left to right in a relaxed way.
Finish the Sanjana bars and start the Opal bars (i.e. studying the song/movement structure)– Last week I mentioned that I quit my old route to getting this task done. This week I started creating enlarged simplified notes of each song and I taped them up on the ginormous mirrors in my workout room. Now as I’m going along I can see my notes and I keep going. So simple, but effective. Yeah, for moving forward on this goal.
Listen to the Nia sound track for the Sanjana routine each week and add Opal when I get to their bars– done
Plan out and start participating in the last of my needed continuing education credits for PMP certification– no progress and I’m ok with that…as long as I start participating by the end of the round.
This week I’m going to focus on for realsies finishing the first draft of my WIP…then I’ll give it one more read through and I will send it to my friend.
Did this commercial make you cry too, or is it just me?
All kinds of good stuff this week, a whole truck full. I even got some funny at the end. Lastly, please, oh please, don’t forget about Mother’s Day tomorrow.
When Margie Lawson is at Writers in the Storm I get excited and yesterday is a perfect example of why: Smart Writers Expand Time – From Margie Lawson! Power words, visceral responses and time. Oh, my! Fantastic post.
Laura Drake posted at Writers in The Story this week regarding 10 Tips for a DIY Author Website. If you haven’t created your site yet check out this post and get to it. If you have a site I still suggest checking it out. You might pick-up something new.
Thanks for stopping. Another picture…another 100 words
“I’ll give you all one more reason why she’s perfect for our new ad campaign.”
“Dillon, we all agree she’s beautiful.”
His ex-wife hadn’t talked to him in six-months. He didn’t care if he bored them to death. He would get her hired.
“Do you see right here? In this shot her eyes express longing and that’s exactly what—”
“What, Dillon? What do you think she’s longing for now?”
Dillon had no words. His brain couldn’t wrap around the idea popping in his head. She longed for someone else… not him. His heart cracked open.
He’d already lost her.
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Happy Six Sunday. Thanks for visiting and I’d love to know what you think!! I’m continuing this week with another 6 from my Novella WIP. Last week I left Jake watching Lydia lick the bbq lunch from her fingers. Today: the two have been talking about several things and it lead to Lydia poking Jake in the chest from some comment he has made.
Her smile disappeared when he took hold of her finger. It must have been contagious, because his face lit up. She tried to yank her finger from his grasp, but it seemed to only encourage him to increase his hold.
“Hey, you let go,” she said laughing and continued struggling to regain control over her finger. His amused expression made her giggle.
“Okay, sorry, but don’t poke me, next time I might not be willing to let go.”
Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I’d like to know what you really think of my 6. I need the advice, I’m a newbie and have much to learn. Don’t forget to check out the other Six Sunday authors. Lots of good stuff at Six Sunday. Try to find a new favorite today. happy hunting!
S.J. Maylee 