Author: Kath

And Spark! has made it into the rewrite. I found my introduction to tie the novel to the graphic series! Whoo!

So. What have you seen, learned, or decided for this very fine Friday?

I have been to a meeting, done homework for class, set aside details for next week’s lesson, written a new piece to my novel, and made it here… All before noon!

Wow! Imagine what I would accomplish if I were up like this every day… but who wants to be that productive…?

Well, me, but not … ok.. yes. Me.

Time to get my big girl pants back on and take advantage of my last week before school resumes.

What is your chosen revelation or job for the next week or month?

I need blinders for mine, but I know I am going somewhere and linking ideas finally, so there is that.

Onward we go…

Good morning, good night wherever you are! See you soon.

Kath

Another handful of shows start to finish and I found another very similar tale to my idea. The Magicians.

It is amazing how an idea can plague you for months, if not years once it grabs ahold of you. I see so many areas my tale needs tightening down, which is why I am on this binge of watching every story, or reading them for that matter, that I can find.

At present my tale is in the re-write stage. I need to read through to find the weak areas and if I must read and edit, I might as well do them simultaneously. This is how I am hoping that I will find where Spark! fits into the scheme of things without trashing the flow.

And of course I am listening to an episode while I type this which means you are probably confused by now.

So lets say this… Stay with your tale, project, design, or whatever creative item you are working on. It is well worth every heart wrenching moment.

Find your way.

Good morning, goodnight wherever you are!

Kath

Has anyone else noticed that if you have a Word or Norton subscription, that they conveniently update your information a solid month before your previous account expires?

Why is that? Are we no longer allowed to use the time that we have with our accounts?

Are we just supposed to sit idly by and say, “oh… ok… I am paid up for another term?”

What if the money is coming in a day?

A week?

A month before it is available – but it will still work out IF the company decides that we are allowed to use the full term of the subscription…?

Seriously.

What the hell gives?

Ok. – so its not what you expected today to be, but … well… what the heck gives?

Good morning, good night wherever you are… aren’t you just thrilled you checked in?

Kath

As usual, I have caught another interesting tidbit from a show – this time it was Daredevil – that has sent me off on a tangent. This time it is simple.

Write what you know. What you have experienced. What you know is your truth.

Quite often perspective is 9/10ths of the law, but it is a truth to someone even if we don’t always see eye to eye with the ideals presented.

So, here is my true belief.

I am on the right path.

Teaching that creativity can decompress, is valid.

And writing something new and fresh is fascinating!

With that thought in mind, I am going to continue my journey and hope you will do the same.

Enjoy your truth!

Good morning, good night wherever you are. Til next time!

Kath

This week is going to become a bit of a time out. I have two written projects that I need to address for class, concerns with a family member, and editing that needs to be done along with the County Fair to address for school.

Please forgive my split focus for the week. I will be back in sharp focus by next week I hope.

Stay inspired!

Good morning, good night wherever you are! Talk to you soon.

Kath

I have made my way through all 3 NCIS shows and the last of Seals in the last 2 days. The last ended with a full on PTS episode at a restaurant with a dose of TBI added to the mix. I am no doctor. Nor did they reveal the information, but everything that I have studied – or experienced, tells me that it is an overlap of both.

The scene prior to the last was another that is all too familiar. A single man walks into his home that he occupies without the benefit of company. The sudden overwhelming sense of silence, and the absence of everyone he has been in-country with… from my perspective… takes his breath away leaving no room for the silence that means peace.

It is the silence that demands attention. It overwhelms. It brings out every bad memory of the last … however many days, weeks, or months.

It is a silence that reminds him of every negative thought, emotion, or – God forbid – experience taking a strangle hold on him.

These are the moments that I want to fill with activities that can be joyful and accidentally become coping tools.

They do not demand time away from home.

They do not demand the involvement of others, though that may not be a bad idea… and it can include others if the moment arises.

All it requires is for the individual to commit to an activity that wears the body down in a good way  – like exercise does – but it occupies the mind more fully.

Art.

Carpentry.

Welding.

I’ve mentioned these ideas a million times, and now I am just being redundant. But at least it keeps reminding me of what I feel called to do.

It also reminds me that as much as I love the time home to write – I will go insane if I don’t have office hours that include others. I have been on that negative cycle of stress for weeks now, and I need to step into my own program regain a sense of peace – I call it sanity right about now.

I may not be ready to go back to school – though everyone seems to think its time to ask that… – but the activity of a full teaching day. Solving other peoples problems filling my mind with those dilemmas without compromising my needs.  I already need it. 

If not for my body and spirit, then for my mind.

Anyone else ready to join me?

And the game continues. I have settled my characters into a quiet, and hidden of course, alcove in a school. They have been given an important piece of the puzzle, but no time to absorb it, nor do they have any understanding of what is about to befall them.

Responsibility. Sharing the ideals that express the need for these two teenagers to take the mantle, and save the world with very little information… Nothing like blindsiding the characters and setting yourself up with a task to make sure you set up the next piece with a strong and believable quality that will hold your audience’s attention.

As I reread this, I get the feeling that filling them in may need to be something they have to figure out… hmm…. maybe I will go about creating an interruption to their fact finding mission…

That means I can create a slightly mad creature… oohhh… this could be fun.

With that thought in mind, how wild do you let your ideas go? I try to maintain realistic boundaries, but maybe that is not the way to go…

Thoughts?

Good morning, good night wherever you are! See you soon.

Kath

Do you ever find yourself visualizing a room, or landscape that seems perfect for the role you need it for? I have spent a ton of time searching Pinterest, and world landscape photos for ideas to help create my fantasy world, but I seem to gravitate toward what I imagine best.

I wish I was as talented with graphic design programs as I am with words and a camera. I can describe the setting, but I always feel like only half of the setting is revealed. My sketching pencil helps some, but I don’t have a feel for drawing depth like I wish I could to build off of the language… though that has been a new and thrilling adventure.

I am better at trying to draw my version of something another has created than building my own, but maybe someday…

What is your solution to setting dilemmas?

Where would you create a world in which to live?

Good morning, good night wherever you are! Till next time.

Kath

I am a day late, and still in need of regaining my focus. My pup was at the vet yesterday, and two of the three that I have been sitting were missing when I went to check on them yesterday morning. All was fine be evening – for everyone, but my ability to focus on writing and story build was shot.

I still don’t feel as focused as I need to be, so with your understanding, I am going to do just that this afternoon and get my groove back.

Any fantasy driven stories that you would recommend I watch or read? How I love to immerse myself in another story…

Good morning, good night wherever you are! Til we meet again.

Kath

I found it! I finally found bits and pieces of the backstory’s backstory that I felt I needed for my novel. I have written three pieces – brief – but actual thoughts have landed in documents to maintain the concepts to pull forward and use for the story at hand.

Thank you for listening.

I know it is a simple thing, but the fact that I am writing any ideas down – even random ‘what I need to do’s’ and sharing them, is setting my mind into a whirlwind of possibilities and I am no longer waiting for the inspiration to hit.

Now is the harder part, keep it going and integrate the new pieces to help the main novel flesh out more as I edit.

Wish me luck…

Hope you are finding your inspiration as well!

Good morning, good night wherever you are! Til tomorrow.

Kath