Fireworks in Florida are de rigeur. It’s 11:15 PM on the last day of the year and they’ve been going off sporadically since around 8. All hell will break out between midnight and 1.
Currently I’m digesting the poetry of Wislawa Szymborska, View With A Grain of Sand.
This article w as nourishing. Fireworks are not really a thing here in southern Ontario, Canada, but a few people have to toot their own horns, I suppose. I like to keep things quiet, so your book recommendations look inspiring. I am already reading Meditations for Mortals. I like the Amy MacKay (?) books as well. I am currently working on a paranormal romance so this kind of thing is right up my alley. Thank you for offering up Book Alchemy. I only joined a couple of months ago - November's daily nanowrimo bits were fabulous. - and I am loving your content. I wish you all the best in 2025. Here's to a productive, prosperous new year for all. I am also enjoying Beth Kempton's Winter Writing Sanctuary - it's calm and restorative for this time of year. And I think we could all use a bit of that. :)
Thank you so much, Carolyn! Delighted to have you here. Beth is a dream — I love her calm presence around all things writing, too. I hope you’ve had a peaceful start to the year.
My paranormal romance is in the discovery stages. I am writing to see what happens.... with some basic plot to keep me focused. It has that romance and some suspense as they deal with dark forces in his family. My main character has the ability to see feelings and images when she comes in contact with people. It can be highly over stimulating especially when she moves to New York City. I am doing Kamp Kinda NaNo with a small group of friends to try to focus on it.... and poetry for National Poetry Month. Yikes. Hope your year is going well. I can't believe it's April already.
I had a word come to me in a dream last night: VALOR. It was a big word against a backdrop of a castle. I wrote about it, will post tomorrow.
What a juicy word — how exciting!
just posted on it! https://open.substack.com/pub/elizabethgracemartinez/p/valor?r=2bjmwx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Dearest Caroline, you helped me figure out how to rewrite my book and this past December, I finally finished my rewritten draft! Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
I am grateful for your guidance!
Also, here in the Netherlands, fireworks have driven us crazy and our two kittens (their first New Year’s Eve!)… so there’s that.
Starting the new year with a storm and a headache but feeling positive I’ll get my book published “by hook or by crook” this year!
Wishing you all the best and peace to the world!
I am SO THRILLED to hear this news, Audrey! Huge congratulations to you and all the hard work you’ve done.
Hoping your family — kittens included — have recovered from the fireworks today. 🥰
Fireworks in Florida are de rigeur. It’s 11:15 PM on the last day of the year and they’ve been going off sporadically since around 8. All hell will break out between midnight and 1.
Currently I’m digesting the poetry of Wislawa Szymborska, View With A Grain of Sand.
Here’s hoping you enjoyed the reading last night and that the fireworks madness was a bit gentler than usual.
This article w as nourishing. Fireworks are not really a thing here in southern Ontario, Canada, but a few people have to toot their own horns, I suppose. I like to keep things quiet, so your book recommendations look inspiring. I am already reading Meditations for Mortals. I like the Amy MacKay (?) books as well. I am currently working on a paranormal romance so this kind of thing is right up my alley. Thank you for offering up Book Alchemy. I only joined a couple of months ago - November's daily nanowrimo bits were fabulous. - and I am loving your content. I wish you all the best in 2025. Here's to a productive, prosperous new year for all. I am also enjoying Beth Kempton's Winter Writing Sanctuary - it's calm and restorative for this time of year. And I think we could all use a bit of that. :)
Thank you so much, Carolyn! Delighted to have you here. Beth is a dream — I love her calm presence around all things writing, too. I hope you’ve had a peaceful start to the year.
What’s the paranormal romance, Sounds fun ☺️
My paranormal romance is in the discovery stages. I am writing to see what happens.... with some basic plot to keep me focused. It has that romance and some suspense as they deal with dark forces in his family. My main character has the ability to see feelings and images when she comes in contact with people. It can be highly over stimulating especially when she moves to New York City. I am doing Kamp Kinda NaNo with a small group of friends to try to focus on it.... and poetry for National Poetry Month. Yikes. Hope your year is going well. I can't believe it's April already.