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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Let the Countdown Begin!
I board the plane in t-minus 14 hours! I have the car completely packed (with the exception of the guniea pig who I will go pick up on my way out of town) and the the tank is full! Also, I have the camera, I-Pod and laptop all charged and ready to go (I plan to work on a few different writing pieces on the plane) .... and I am less than 4 hours away from hitting the turnpike to my first stop! Kat is on her way to Florida!
Creatively yours,
Kat
Creatively yours,
Kat
Monday, November 24, 2008
Ready to Fly...literally!
Things have been busy as we near the end of the semester and the holidays! I have been busy trying to get everything caught up for my classes, and at work. I also have been getting ready for my trip! I leave in one day to see my best friend in Florida! I have been counting down for this for over 2 months now! Time seems to have flown by! Now, I have to hurry to get things done and I couldn't be more excited! I miss Heather like crazy and we are going to have a blast!
Other than that, things have been moving along, and new good things are popping up everywhere. Not everything has to do with writing, but life is good! I'm smiling so I can't complain!
I will keep a blog on my trip as I have promised more than one person I would! I also will be working like crazy to get my NaNo completed on this trip because I find myself no where near close! But I know I will get it done! Look for another blog to follow specifically about that!
So there is a quick update, I am pressed for time tonight but wanted to poke my head in! Summary... life is good!
Creatively yours,
Kat
Other than that, things have been moving along, and new good things are popping up everywhere. Not everything has to do with writing, but life is good! I'm smiling so I can't complain!
I will keep a blog on my trip as I have promised more than one person I would! I also will be working like crazy to get my NaNo completed on this trip because I find myself no where near close! But I know I will get it done! Look for another blog to follow specifically about that!
So there is a quick update, I am pressed for time tonight but wanted to poke my head in! Summary... life is good!
Creatively yours,
Kat
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Kickin' it with Corduroy! Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Day at ESU!
I am not a morning person! But yesterday, getting up a little earlier than usual was worth it for sure! It was Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Day at ESU and I volunteered to help out! Not just help out with little things either... I got to be the reader! That would be combining my two favorite things! Children and reading! Let me tell you it was a great way to start my Wednesday morning!
I had the opportunity to work with 3 different age groups; each of which had their own little personalities and different energy levels! The first group (maybe 2 or 3 year olds) was hyper! The second group was a little better, able to sit and listen to the story! Then the third group came (maybe 5 year olds) and they were great! They were quiet, all ears, and listening so well up to the third page when Corduroy came through the door! Then it was all screams and giggles! It was cute!
Overall the morning was a great success. It was a great reminder of how much I love working with kids, and why it is that I love writing for kids. Books play such an important role in a child's life at all ages. I hope one day a book that I write can become a part of child's life. But in the mean time, I had a great time kickin' it with corduroy!
I had the opportunity to work with 3 different age groups; each of which had their own little personalities and different energy levels! The first group (maybe 2 or 3 year olds) was hyper! The second group was a little better, able to sit and listen to the story! Then the third group came (maybe 5 year olds) and they were great! They were quiet, all ears, and listening so well up to the third page when Corduroy came through the door! Then it was all screams and giggles! It was cute!
Overall the morning was a great success. It was a great reminder of how much I love working with kids, and why it is that I love writing for kids. Books play such an important role in a child's life at all ages. I hope one day a book that I write can become a part of child's life. But in the mean time, I had a great time kickin' it with corduroy!
Monday, November 17, 2008
You KNOW Your a Writer When....
In the last 20 years, I have done a lot of writing. As I have gotten older, the love for it has grown more and more with every passing day. I guess you could say writing is to me as water is to a fish (or chocolate to my best friend Heather)! I realized the other day that it has become such a norm in my life that I don't always notice just how addicted I am! To the point that there are nights I simply cannot sleep because I have to get a story out on paper. It was one of these such nights that I had the epiphany... a moment when I chuckled to myself and said, "wow, self... I guess you really know your a writer when..."
I found this humorous, most likely because I know that writer's everywhere have had the same moment. They write books dedicated to these funny realizations! But I thought it would be fun to share my list! So here it goes:
I know I'm a writer because:
- The first thing you say after something big happens is "I can use this!"
- You narrate your life (and occasionally others) constantly (not even kidding....)
- You observe the world around you as a possible setting for your next story.
- You observe people as possible characters for your next story.
- You attempt to take notes in class, but often let your mind wander and soon the notes for class have changed into notes of possible story ideas.
- You hear someone's name in the grocery story, or library, or other public place and stop them and ask them how they spell it because the first thought that came to your mind was "That's the perfect name for my character!"
- You should take stock in the notebook/journal market.
- Your characters come to you in dreams and point-blank tell you where their story will go next, or, demand something be changed because you "wrote it down wrong."
- When your laptop breaks you feel as though you have lost an arm or leg you are so attached.
- You have to build a book-shelf just to hold all of the how-to-get published, character development, and how to write right books.
- Your idea of a vacation is to be able to stay home for a week from school/work/outside world, in your comfy pajamas, order food in, and do nothing but write.
- You often use a book or other novel related item to compare life too (ex. Life is like a novel with the end ripped out.... Each day is a new chapter... there are so many characters in my life, etc)!
- When sleep comes second to "just a few more pages!"
I found this humorous, most likely because I know that writer's everywhere have had the same moment. They write books dedicated to these funny realizations! But I thought it would be fun to share my list! So here it goes:
I know I'm a writer because:
- The first thing you say after something big happens is "I can use this!"
- You narrate your life (and occasionally others) constantly (not even kidding....)
- You observe the world around you as a possible setting for your next story.
- You observe people as possible characters for your next story.
- You attempt to take notes in class, but often let your mind wander and soon the notes for class have changed into notes of possible story ideas.
- You hear someone's name in the grocery story, or library, or other public place and stop them and ask them how they spell it because the first thought that came to your mind was "That's the perfect name for my character!"
- You should take stock in the notebook/journal market.
- Your characters come to you in dreams and point-blank tell you where their story will go next, or, demand something be changed because you "wrote it down wrong."
- When your laptop breaks you feel as though you have lost an arm or leg you are so attached.
- You have to build a book-shelf just to hold all of the how-to-get published, character development, and how to write right books.
- Your idea of a vacation is to be able to stay home for a week from school/work/outside world, in your comfy pajamas, order food in, and do nothing but write.
- You often use a book or other novel related item to compare life too (ex. Life is like a novel with the end ripped out.... Each day is a new chapter... there are so many characters in my life, etc)!
- When sleep comes second to "just a few more pages!"
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