what's that about?
“Wooooo-hooooo!” Thalia whooped. “One-thousand thirty-four words in under eighteen hours! We rocked it!”
“Must figure out why.” Urania squeezed her head between her hands.
“I think… the article… is good,” said Calliope. “And even if Conquer magazine doesn’t accept it… we’ve done our best… highlighting relationship and love over fear as our greatest gifts… from c. Sure… it’s quirky… and unlike anything else we see in their publication, but maybe that’s in our favor?”
Words from Typist:
I wonder… Why can the muses and I whip out short works of prose like Jack Be Nimble, but anything longer sends us diving into the pantry for snacks. It’s gotta be a mindset gulley that we’ve yet to pull ourselves out of. 🤔
The article needs to sit for a day or so, and will benefit from edits before submission.
That said, there’s much satisfaction in taking the step.
We’ll let you know if it gets accepted into the publication.
Have you taken any steps recently that you’re willing to share in 3mm comments?
I’m aware that one among you has recently started writing song lyrics.
How cool is that?!
1034 words in less than a day--if only I were so prolific! I like your mindset gulley better than mine, Gail. It's all perspective.
What energy in today’s post! And the opportunity to peer inside writer’s mind. I’m grateful you are comfortable sharing the challenges, and strengths, of your author activities.
Your comments on short works of prose implies that a “book” on a similar subject is a different matter. From my viewpoint, your accounts of c, from initial diagnosis to where your care is today, your accounts have focused on occurrences, discrete events, short stories that can mostly stand on their own legs.
To become a book, what’s the glue that unifies them? Preserves logical continuity? I believe “c” is that glue. Perhaps chapters are well written accounts of individual occurrences for the most part. Perhaps at the end of a chapter, simply adding “Next” to the bottom corner of the last page would highlight the continuity? Or a variant of “Kilroy,” the WW II character that became ubiquitous, peering over an open book? At the following chapter... Okay, cheesy, I know. You can guffaw out loud now. 😉
Simplifying, your “c” book is simply writing more than one chapter?🤷🏽 You might alternate between occurrence chapters followed by “what is Gail thinking, feeling, & deciding” chapters. Short monologues? Bridges to the next occurrence chapter. Or just the opposite perhaps?
Jack Be Nimble, Jack be quick, poked his eye with the candlestick! A not so subtle allusion to my foregoing advice! 😬
Am I up to anything worth a word? “Beauty’s in the eye of the beholder...” over time I’ve become a low profile member of a multi-faceted community on Twitter. All shapes and sizes. One thread in my participation deals with folks battling “C.” Not by any design. At first the interest arose from what folks had to say. Or love for critters, etc. In no small way, Gail, how you chose to be with your own journey led me to choose being kind and supportive. I next learned that many of the “C” fighters were connected with each other as well. A post to one showed me their community.
Without writing chapters (Twitter has a way of precluding that🙃) I find that offering a few authentic kind words rarely fails to get a response. Some ask for words to reassure them. Some want to be heard. Some invite prayers from their followers. Nothing is all that different from what we want either. Connection. Loving kindness. A funny joke to make us cackle. I can’t think of anything other than the feeling of electronic, human connection (irony intended 😉) that I want from these exchanges.
This community, lead by typist, paintist, authoress, has modeled their care and kindness to one another. Thanks for the inspiration!