I
let March completely pass me by. I blogged for the South Carolina Writers
Workshop here
and I blogged over at GenX stories here.
But,
alas, Clemson Road, I did not post anything new in March.
It
was my birthday month which I've written
about before. My birthday is the day after Lady
Gaga's which makes me think maybe she and I have some things in common.
I
renewed my Hobbes tattoo this month. It's been a task I planned multiple times
over the last 19 years but never actually completed. Then I wrote a short story
about the experience with this awesome line in it:
He’s
reflecting my lost-self back at me and I like what I see. I let her re-emerge
and stand before him renewed.
I'll
be submitting the story in May which means it can't appear elsewhere. You'll
just have to make do with the images of the work and my description of the
artist (on whom I developed a little crush):
Fading
ink stretches up his neck from his chest like a collar and down his arms like
sleeves. He wears a newsboy cap and hipster glasses and smiles a crooked smile.
It's
now April and it's another birthday month.
Three
years ago, Wordsmith Studio was born out of the April Platform Challenge created
by Robert Lee (My Name is Not
Bob) Brewer of Writers' Digest. We banded together, we challengers, and
formed Wordsmith Studio.
It's
been my honor to serve on the Wordsmith Advisory Group or WAG for the last two
years. It’s our job to plan fun things, make sure people behave, and organize
all of our writerly suchness into actual writing work.
I
have also kept pretty consistently faithful to our Tuesday evening chats for
the better part of two years. If you get a chance to stop by Twitter with the
hashtag #wschat on Tuesday evenings at 6 & 9 p.m. EST you’ll find some good
friends talking writing-like stuff.
I’ve
gotten to meet one WSS buddy in person and will see another, my friend Sarah,
when I go to Seattle in July to run another half marathon.
This
groups is amazing. They encourage and assist, that promote and congratulate,
they share and they write. Which, ultimately, is what I came to them wanting to
do.
My
anniversary post is going to be a then-and-now post. I’m working on it today
and will have it up soon.
Until
then, take a look at Wordsmith Studio’s
writing prompts, community page, and Facebook presence. You can
see how meeting a group of like-minded and like-habited writers will keep you
pushing ever forward toward your goal.
Cheers
and Happy Birthday!
