Photo by Maksim Goncharenok on Pexels.com Today marks the halfway point of National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. By now, some of you are patting yourselves on the back in between gulps of your fourth cup of room-temperature coffee and going, "By George, I think I've got this!" Others of you are re-calculating just how… Continue reading On Writing: How’s NaNoWriMo Going for You?
Author: Kate Landers
A writer, among other things. Former Texan now living in Tennessee.
On Writing: A Gift to Your Future Self
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com When I sat down to write something for this blog, I had to flip through page after page of my daughter's doodles to search for a clean sheet. (I'm organized enough to pre-plan my blog posts, but not organized enough to keep clean paper on my desk.) I was nearing… Continue reading On Writing: A Gift to Your Future Self
On Writing: NaNoWriMo
Photo by Lum3n on Pexels.com Today marks the start of National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. If you're unfamiliar with this event, it's a challenge to writers to write 50,000 words by the end of November 30. This equates to 1,667 words per day, or 2 to 3 hours of actual writing, watered down by poor word choices,… Continue reading On Writing: NaNoWriMo
On Writing: The Not-Knowing
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com As we find ourselves in the spookiest time of the year, I, like many of you, probably, have been reading a lot of scary stories. My favorite kind are the ones that make me feel off-balance the whole way through, before... BAM! ...revealing the sinister truth at the very end.… Continue reading On Writing: The Not-Knowing
Little White Lies
Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com Craig suppressed a gag as Martha set the plate of broccoli casserole, her “specialty,” in front of him. “I made your favorite,” she smiled. “And there’s plenty more in the kitchen.” “You shouldn’t have,” he said, subtly leaning to the side so as to avoid the hot aroma wafting… Continue reading Little White Lies
To the Woman Hiding in the Bathroom Stall
Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV on Pexels.com I have been you, many times in my life When I had no one to eat lunch with at my new junior high When I wanted to prove to myself that I was a rebel and I could smoke my step-mom's stolen cigarettes in the Band Hall bathroom When… Continue reading To the Woman Hiding in the Bathroom Stall
Abandoned Spiderweb Still Catches Flies
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I only think of you at times when I am too far away to do anything about you - The abandoned spiderweb stretched like a hammock between my ceiling and a door I never close. Sometimes on my way to the kitchen I look up and I see you've caught… Continue reading Abandoned Spiderweb Still Catches Flies
I was 8 weeks along
Photo by Adrianna Calvo on Pexels.com I wrote this in my diary on January 9, 2014. My miscarriage began on the morning of January 2. It started Wednesday night. I woke up with cramps and when I went to pee, there was blood in the toilet. I woke John up and told him what was… Continue reading I was 8 weeks along
Legs
Photo by Vova Krasilnikov on Pexels.com I’m never going to forgive u. She hit Send, and as a second thought, quickly typed Hope ur happy. Then, before she could receive a response, she turned her phone off and set it on the bedside table. She closed her eyes and let her head droop for a… Continue reading Legs
Recipe for Potentially Vegan Kolaches
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com Kolaches are sweet rolls filled with savory stuff AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY CZECH SAYS. If you fill them with sweet stuff, they're "sweet kolaches." If you fill them with sausage, they're just "kolaches." I say “potentially vegan” because what they’re filled with depends on your preferences. I AM… Continue reading Recipe for Potentially Vegan Kolaches
