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Blue Sky Tag!

 

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I was tagged by Paul Willis @ Project Blank Page! Thanks Paul!

Here’s the rules for the “Blue Sky Tag”

Thank the person who tagged you Answer their 11 questions Tag 11 people Give them 11 questions to answer

Alrighty! Here I go! =)

 

Why did you start writing?

 

Well, I’ve been writing since forever. The pile of short stories, school writing assignments, and journals is always growing….so I wouldn’t remember why I FIRST started.

I started writing for real though when I got inspired by...

Living History

History is made up of people. People are full of stories. Some beautiful, some hard, some priceless. Each one is special and unique.

My Grandma recently moved in with us, from all the way up in Michigan.

It’s so much fun for us whenever she’ll tell a story from her childhood. She has stage 5 alzheimer’s disease and so we often get to hear the same story over with a little detail changed a bit.

A Short Story: Keep Walking

I’m sure most of us can relate with Lynn in this story.

Getting To Know My Characters <3

For me, writing is all about the characters. I love them. Even the minor ones! I have to be careful that I actually write enough about them in their stories. They will often do something and since I know all their back story, I’ll forget to explain why they did it because to me it’s so obvious!

I’m a very visual person, so the way I get to know my characters from the start is with pictures. I have multiple public and private boards on Pinterest that are super helpful!! I get tons of inspirati...