The Fiction Femme Fatale

I have HUGE news.

Amy Christine Parker, Krystalyn Drown, and I are launching a short story blog!

As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Every Friday, one of us will post a thousand word story inspired by a photo that we find. But that's not even the best part. On the fourth Friday of every month, we want to post a story written by one of our readers! 

We are each in different stages of following our publishing dreams, so we thought it would be fun to have a place to go to write just for the sheer enjoyment of writing something new. And let me tell you, it is going to be AWESOME!  

Our introductory post is already up, so please go and check it out. We are so excited for this project and we can't wait to share it with you. Our first story will be written by Krystalyn, and it will go up a week from today on April 6th! 

Please come follow us so we don't feel alone and lame. You will love us. I promise.

www.fictionfemmefatale.blogspot.com

What People Think We Do

The other day, I saw this photo on twitter:

(I couldn't find the original source, but I send thanks to the maker of this!)

It's so true!!

This week, I took a vacation from work so I could stay at home and do nothing but write for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS-- IT'S BEEN BLISS, I TELL YOU!

Except, my husband doesn't seem to realize what I'm actually doing, though I've tried to explain it to him. He has called me so many times today to chat, since I'm "not doing anything." (NOT DOING ANYTHING??? *shakes fist*) Don't get me wrong, I love talking to my love, but every five minutes??? I'm trying to work. He says: "Work, huh?" (*shakes fist again*)

I have only written 1500 words of my 5000 word goal today. (And of course, I am only prolonging my goal by writing this blog post. But it's lunchtime, okay? Don't judge me.)

 Anyway, to those of you are not writers, here is a small tip: When we say we are writing, we are not lounging around eating candy and frittering away our time. Okay, maybe there *is* some candy eating, but when I'm sitting here staring into space, I am CREATING something inside my head.

As one of my literature professors asked my class last semester, "When is loafing not laziness?"
Answer: When you are writing.

Writing involves LOTS of thinking and staring into space, and though most everyone who doesn't write may not think so, it's HARD work. It's FUN work, sure, but that doesn't make it easy.