The Word for Spring is . . .

How about . . .

New?
Bulbs?
Light?
Sunshine?
Warmth?
Revival?
Frisky?
Green?
Smells?
Bursting?

or . . .

Fragrant?
Coatless?
Babies?
Young?
Active?
Returning?
Beginning?
Again?
Showers?


What one word would describe spring for you?



Quote:
The will to win is worth nothing unless you have the will to prepare.


Blessings

The Question is . . .


Will it get started again?

The fireplace, that is.

You see, hubby cleaned the chimney Saturday. Did a thorough job of it, too.


Haven't had much need of the fireplace the last few days what with the warmer temperatures. Since we like it cooler in the home, and definitely not overheated, we don't require a lot of heat when the outdoors temp reaches the 50's and 60's.

Now, the question is . . . will the warm temperatures hold? Has spring really come or is still just a date on the calendar, giving us false hopes that the cold winter has finally tucked its tail between legs and trotted off?

As much as I love my fireplace, I really, really hope we don't have to light it again!!




Quote:
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. --Anne Bradstreet


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Oh, Blessed Day


Went to look at windows today for our addition. (It's kind of a few feet added on to make the room that will be our bedroom and my writing work room bigger. This is very much needed, not only because we NEED another bedroom now, but because I will lose what little sanity I have left if I don't have my own space. Laugh.

Anyhow, the windows. Hubby was thinking wide and narrow; I'm thinking more boxy than rectangle. I want plenty of sun and view and the feel of openness in this part. We've got a few more places to check to see what we can come up with. Sigh. As always, gotta go with what's best for the ole pocketbook!!

BUT . . . while getting ready to begin that room, hubby gave the family/living room a going over. Windows got spiced up (and I LOVE them. Those beautiful old-fashion fancy things--hold on--went to ask him--blocks of wood - rosetta wood blocks and they are totally adorable.) A new coat of paint and some rearranging of wall pics. Then, we were able to buy two new lights for this room that are awesome, they go so well with the woodsy, cabin-ish look I like right now.

Happy sigh. I do so love updates on the house!!!!

We've been busy, as you can read. Not much work on the writing today, but, hopefully, back to the grindstone (lovely as it is) tomorrow.

By the way, someone asked me if I missed my work. I loved it while I worked, but had been feeling for some time that I needed more time to write, so the answer? Nope. I'm too busy with my writing and keeping up with everything else.




Quote:
Nothing can be so perfect when we possess it as it will seem when remembered. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes


Blessings!

Signs of . . .

Spring.



Robins return, chirping away.
Frogs croaking making the evening.


Crocuses, irises, and daffodils refusing to stay in their winter prisons.
Trees budding, impatiently waiting to burst forth into glory.
Cold weather reluctantly giving way to warmth.
Rain.

Thawed ponds.
Water plants peeking above the water line.
Pets wanting to explore the outdoors.
Seed and plant catalogs dogeared edges.

A gnawing inside me to get out.
The impatience to get to my flower beds.
Urges to plant, clear, smell, and dig in the dirt.

Fresh veggies in my dreams.

Tomatoes

Green beans



Cucumbers



Radishes

Thoughts of new flower beds.
Repairing the driveway.
Showers.
Rainbows again.
Fields turning green.


Spring.




Quote:
The moment somebody says, "this is very risky," is the moment it becomes attractive to me. --Kate Capshaw


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Why Did I Title the Last Blog . . .?

Actually, I was going to talk about dry spells in writing, but once I got started . . .

1. I got sidetracked on other portions of writing, and
2. It's much too big of a topic

So, today I'll explain a little more about getting ideas to write about.

The last post talked about some of my novels that are character driven. Today, I'd like to mention some that are plot driven. Here's one example:

My suspense series. Of course, without the characters, there wouldn't be a book. Without the setting, the story wouldn't be as rich. BUT, and that's a big but, without the plot, there wouldn't a story to tell in this suspense series.

It's plot driven, oh, probably about 60-75%. The characters probably average about 40%, and the setting about 5-10%. Now, I know that doesn't all add up to 100%. But all these are variant parts that can go one way or the other.

In the suspense you've got fast action that pushes forth your story from chapter to chapter. That doesn't mean you can't take a breather now and then, but even in the breather's, you're building the reader up to the next event.

In a plot driven story, you begin with a basic idea of what going to happen and write from there. Because such and such must happen, the characters act accordingly. Because you have to begin with such and such happening and go on till something else is accomplished, everything else must fall in line.

That's a very general description but maybe it'll give you an idea.

So, to recap what I've mentioned. Two ways to get ideas:

1. Characters
2. Plots

Later, I'll talk about some other special things about writing.

Have a good day!



Quote:
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh


Blessings!