This weekend I briefly went through my memory box. I had been organizing the little storage unit we have and thought it might be good to try to lighten up my memory box (it’s heavy). So I brought it inside and started sifting through a few things. I happened upon a notebook where I had … More Day 266. Another Realm – my 3rd grade self’s story
More like Nanowrimo fail. I’ve only written 4,000 words. That’s WAY behind. I actually haven’t written recently, at all. I knew that I likely wouldn’t make it to 50,000 words but I sure as heck didn’t think I’d only make it to 4,000. That’s only 9 pages (and that’s not even a full 9 pages). … More Day 126. Nanowrimo update
A bit of back story: earlier in the week, one of my coworkers informed us that her pet rat had died. She seemed a little sad so I wrote a poem about her rat. I read it aloud and the girls seemed to like it. Fast forward to Friday, one of my other coworker’s stapler … More Day 111. A poem for a stapler
I open the document and watch the cursor blink. Once. Twice. The page stays blank for a few moments before I spit out a handful of words. Pause. The words don’t seem to come as easily as they used to. I wonder why. I think about what I want the words to say, what I … More Writer’s Block
Just Lauren 