This week, Xio Axelrod asks: If you weren't a writer, what other creative career would you most want to try? Those of you who've joined me from Fiona Riplee, welcome! If you didn't, make sure you hop all around the blog to get to her. I gulped a bit when I first read this challenge. I have identified myself as a writer for so long, that it took me a few minutes to come up with what I honestly thought I might want to try, and perhaps even be reasonably successful at. I would love to be an artist, but that ain’t goin’ to happen. My oldest daughter does beautiful pen and ink sketches that are only shades of gray. I don’t see in light and shadow like she does, and my hand just doesn’t move the way my brain wants it to. But one creative career I think I could do would be photography. I’m the unofficial family photographer, and we usually come back from any vacation with hundreds of photos, some of which I prefer to think are creative and artistic. :) I like getting down in the dirt to get unusual angles, and looking for interesting foreground and unusual lighting. In Northern BC there are many beautiful landscapes and interesting animals to photograph, but it is a career that could blend my love of travel, as well. here are a few shots from the fairly recent past I especially like.
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This week, Susan Scott Shelley has set us a fun topic: You've been gifted with a super power. Which would you choose? Why? If you’ve joined me from the awesome Victoria Barbour, welcome! Okay – super powers – what would I pick? I’m going to be sneaky and pick two – one for day to day and one for writing. For my day to day super power, I want to be able to clean my house by looking at it. Just imagine – I’m sitting at my desk, working away at my next great novel, and I spy a speck of dust. With one blink (or maybe a wiggle of my nose, like a certain genie) it vanishes. Yes!
The thing with cleaning is that I love having a clean house – I just don’t want to have to work to get it. There are so many other things I’d rather be doing than sweeping, vacuuming or dusting. I’d a tidy person, in the sense that I don’t like clutter. Everything has its place – it’s just covered in dust. For my writing super power, I want to be Perfect Plotter-Woman! I’m in the midst of planning my next manuscript, so I’ve got a spreadsheet going with each scene listed. The thing is, I have great ideas, at least initially. But then I start thinking things like “wait, does that even make sense?” or “why the heck would they do that?” Because I am a plotter by nature, I can’t just shrug off those questions. I need to know where my story is ending before I begin, but it is just so hard! What super power does historical romance author Kate Robbins wish she had? Click here to find out! We here at RWW love flash fiction! This week, Fiona Riplee has set the following challenge: Write a flash fiction of 250 words or less about a long lost love. Include the words: hammer, chisel, and coping saw. If you joined me from Dani Jace welcome! Before I could get started, I had to look up what the hell a coping saw was. After that – this is what you get! I’d love to hear your comments. And don’t forget to hop on over to Raine Balkera to get her take on this challenge!
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