Mallory O'Bier

I won’t be writing until later, @kate-flournoy , (probably around 4:00-5:00) since I’m about to practice my guitar, and then go swimming. 🙂

Actually, @daeus , I had supper late, and while you were smelling something good I was out peacefully paddleboarding on the creek with my dog while the sunshine was escaping through the trees …

I know what you mean, @kate-flournoy , I get that way myself sometimes. I’ve found, however, that it helps if the project is fun, the goal within sight, and the challenge fairly easy to accomplish. I also like the “grace days/week” for this challenge, because if I do something every day, even writing, it starts to feel like an evil task. Plus,…[Read more]

I know what you mean, @kate-flournoy , I get that way myself sometimes. I’ve found, however, that it helps if the project is fun, the goal within sight, and the challenge fairly easy to accomplish. I also like the “grace days/week” for this challenge, because if I do something every day, even writing, it starts to feel like an evil task. Plus,…[Read more]

Sorry @bluejay , I was watching “Risen” with my family. We had to pause it for bedtime, though, so I won’t get to see the end until to tomorrow! Yikes!

Your supper time was the same as mine, @daeus, so I’m guessing we’re both EDT. (Eastern daylight time)

You have a weekly write-a-thon on Saturday? @kate-flournoy I like to have one on Writing…[Read more]

A Summer novel club! @daeus , or novella, @kate-flournoy , @hope , as the case may be. I’ll make an exception for those. 🙂

It doesn’t have to be finished by the end of Summer, but my goal is to have written a bare minimum (obviously, I hope to write much more!) 🙂 of 1,000 words going by Go Teen Writers 100 for 100 Challenge guidelines.…[Read more]

A Summer novel club! @daeus , or novella, @kate-flournoy , @hope , as the case may be. I’ll make an exception for those. 🙂

It doesn’t have to be finished by the end of Summer, but my goal is to have written a bare minimum (obviously, I hope to write much more!) 🙂 of 1,000 words going by Go Teen Writers 100 for 100 Challenge guidelines.…[Read more]

A Summer novel club! @daeus , or novella, @kate-flournoy , @hope , as the case may be. I’ll make an exception for those. 🙂

It doesn’t have to be finished by the end of Summer, but my goal is to have written a bare minimum (obviously, I hope to write much more!) 🙂 of 1,000 words going by Go Teen Writers 100 for 100 Challenge guidelines.…[Read more]

A Summer novel club! @daeus , or novella, @kate-flournoy , @hope , as the case may be. I’ll make an exception for those. 🙂

It doesn’t have to be finished by the end of Summer, but my goal is to have written a bare minimum (obviously, I hope to write much more!) 🙂 of 1,000 words going by Go Teen Writers 100 for 100 Challenge guidelines.…[Read more]

A Summer novel! @daeus , or novella, @kate-flournoy , @hope , as the case may be. I’ll make an exception for those. 🙂 It doesn’t have to be finished by the end of Summer, but my goal is to have written a bare minimum (obviously, I hope to write much more!:) of 1,000 words going by Go Teen Writers 100 for 100 Challenge guidelines. The…[Read more]

Hey, @daeus , we can write together sometime if you want. I don’t get up early, and I don’t (unless I am swamped with inspiration, in which case I write sporadically) write for more than 30 minutes to two hours at a time. 😉

Hey, @daeus , we can write together sometime if you want. I don’t get up early, and I don’t (unless I am swamped with inspiration) write for more than 30 minutes to two hours at a time. 😉

This poem is cute and kinda funny, @writefury ! I really enjoyed reading it. I liked the short, unpunctuated lines. It made the poem feel swift like a good stiff breeze, and made me feel like “the little sailboat” couldn’t be down for long. It reminds me of the adventures of Hitty. By the end of it I was ready to champion the cause of “the…[Read more]

This poem is cute and kinda funny, @writefury ! I really enjoyed reading it. I liked the short, unpunctuated lines. It made the poem feel swift like a good stiff breeze, and made me feel like “the little sailboat” couldn’t be down for long. It reminds me of the adventures of Hitty. By the end of it I felt ready to champion the cause of “the…[Read more]

Is anybody else planning to write a novel this Summer? Com’on! We could start another club! 🙂

I don’t like unrealistic emotion either, @hope , especially when it feels ill-timed or misplaced. Sometimes emotion feels ill-timed when it smacks you in the face in the very beginning of a book. I’m like, “Wait a second- I don’t know if I care yet! I don’t even know these people!”