First, Let Me Check the Weather…

Daily writing prompt
What are your top ten favorite movies?

Everyone knows that one’s movie choices and go-to’s are always relative to what the weather is, how work is going, and/ or if the kids are a bunch of bum Nuggets, etc.

For example, cold winter weather brings out “The Sound of Music, Lonesome Dove, The Tenth Kingdom, Ladyhawk, The Hobbit, all three Lord of the Rings, Arthur Christmas, Scrooged, and of course, The Grinch!”

Now if the weather seems fine, but I’m in a funk, out comes, all of the “Harry Potter’s”, which should be seven, if you weren’t counting… plus “Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks!”

Since my kids are pretty consistent about being the disrespectful little rodents that they normally are, their behavior no longer bothers me, as it once did. But I will throw in ten more fun fav’s, like “Pirate’s of The Caribbean (we’ll just count one, instead of five), all four of the Indiana Jones movies, and the entire Jurassic Park series”… which should make ten for this list.

Maybe now you’ll agree that our lists of favorite anything, are relative to what our state of mind is in, at the moment the question is being asked.

I’ve a list of musicals that feel like my favorites when I’m in a singing mood, but I’ve also a group of my fav’s in the categories of Humor, Action/Adventure, Animated movies, Romantic, etc.

See how the lists keep getting bigger? Maybe it has more to do with me not wanting to be forced into a box with questions like these… who knows, but as Forest Gump always says, “That’s all I got to say about that.”

Here, have a cookie…

They’re one of my favorites!

Monday Mine Work…

If I wish to offer my readers an adventure worth discovering, well then, I best dig deep!

No miner worth her salt would write a book, without unearthing all the valuable’s for you to find within the story…

I best get back to it, then!

Pure Imagination…

Daily writing prompt
What do you enjoy most about writing?

Here’s some of my magic cookies…

Live Wire…

You heard it here first, ladies and gents… it’s time to do some baking!

I’ve a mixer, all my secret ingredients, and a little toaster oven that is very reminiscent of an Easy-Bake-Oven…

It might take me all day, cooking only two cookies at a time…

But don’t judge, because some of my best work comes out of that tiny little toaster!

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter cookies, here we come…

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep…

Daily writing prompt
What do you love about where you live?

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I’ve a bag of peanuts at my feet!

I’ll head for the park as soon as I wake

Wonderful friendships I soon hope to make!

From Squirrels to Ravens, and puppies as well

The paths and playgrounds fill with stories to tell!

I wander the parks, the paths, and the riverside trails

And return home to transform them into adorable tales!

If you want to know what I love

about the place where I live,

It fills my imagination every day,

with endless stories for me to give…

And, yes, I realize that my picture reflects that I have a very flexible wrist… shhhhhhh!

Here, eat a cookie…

Into the Heart of Danger…

Today, Wiwohka shall travel deep into the heart of danger, to a world of desolation and Evil! She shall find her lover, Creedbeast, who has been battling horde’s of Zombies… all by himself!

Fear not!

Together, we are a formidable force… you’ll see…

I’ve Got That Joy Joy Joy Joy Down In My Heart…

Daily writing prompt
What positive emotion do you feel most often?

I said,

Down in my heart…

Where?

Down in my heart!

Here, have a cookie…

Thwarted!

I awoke this morning, bright and early, with grand plans of chatting up the flock of Canadian Geese that were staying in the back field of my park.

Logic dictated that I would be able to gather far more information from the geese, than a band of cheeky Ravens. Besides, the Raven Boys don’t strike me as the chatty Cathy type, comparative to a bunch of lady geese with time to gossip.

At least, this was the plan in my head when I got up! In the beginning, I considered taking an old loaf of bread with me. But then I thought better of offering the birds a treat, before first attempting to get information out of them…

If I opened a bag of bread in front of a flock of hungry geese, I’d never get a word out of the bossy things. Have you seen how they can lose their minds, in the presence of food… it’s a mad house!

I figured that I could return with the bread, tomorrow… more like a thank you gift!

When I reached the field, however, I was sorely disappointed! It was empty… abandoned!

I swear that I was in the park only the day before yesterday, and they were all here, having a good time!

What a disappointment!

So…. I’ll return tomorrow and try for the Raven Boys, in hopes that they’ll cooperate. I didn’t dare try to speak to them yet. Not without any peanuts to offer…

That would’ve just been rude, now wouldn’t it?!

We Don’t Need No Stinking Plans…

Daily writing prompt
How do you plan your goals?

I fly by the seat of my pants for the most part, if I’m being entirely honest!

Before the word Covid was born, we had a good number of goals… and plans!

We had our first real home… and it was nearly ready to be paid off!

My husband had a job for a well known trucking manufacturer, with benefits, savings, and retirement.

Not now…

At this time, most already know that we live in a small RV with no working toilet and no hot water… it’s been like this since last November.

My whole fly by the seat of my pants, in all of this, has enabled me to write my first full length Fantasy Fiction Novel… so there’s that!

Sometimes, there just aren’t enough plans, goals, emergency preparedness plans, perfect career choices, or dried up resources, that are never there when you need them!

One day at a time, sweet Jesus… one day at a time!

Here, have a cookie…

P.S. I have to show you this next picture, because I’m almost certain that my AI generator has stumbled across the lost records of the original designers of the U.S.S Enterprise… tell me I’m wrong…

Thursday Thoughts…

The journey is arduous, but rewarding!

I’m nearly at the end of my first edit run through, and am thrilled with how well things are going. With any luck, I’ll be starting my Audio recordings very soon.

While I realize that it will take substantially longer to work through the book that second run, I know it’s due to the effort it takes to make a perfect audio recording. Try having a full chapter read through, without the sound of either a garbage truck, rude driver, or loud mouth neighbors sharing the spotlight… sheesh!

No worries though…

I’m chomping at the bit, to get this first volume finished and buttoned up!

Volume two has already begun invading my dreams…