Coming to the end of May
Hello, Write Edge readers! We’re more than halfway through May — it’s unreal. This pandemic has created the strangest of paradoxes. During the day, whole hours will stretch out until they feel a week long. Yet here we find ourselves one week away from Memorial Day.
I know I speak for everyone when I say that none of us anticipated this year progressing this way. Some promising results seem to be on the horizon, though. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for everyone’s sake that those results turn the tide in this fight against the virus.
In the meantime, those of us who are able to do so continue writing. Or creating. Using our art or our other talents and skills to express ourselves. Some days it feels like it’s impossible, but as this week’s motivational quote proves, that expression can be crucial during hardships.
“In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.”—Adrienne Rich
If you feel you can’t create or express yourself, friends, don’t worry. Just know that you’re seen, and your heart’s hurts are heard. We truly are all in this together. I hope some of the diversions I provide here on the blog help.
To that end, I’ve also posted my latest short fiction. Since finishing my novel and sending it to literary agents for their consideration, I find myself with a lot more free time on my hands. Some of that time is spent considering new story ideas. When I found this week’s writing prompt, I knew I had to jump into one of those ideas. Here’s the excerpt:
This morning, like every morning, I finger the key in my pocket. My thumb traces the emblem on the head. I don’t say the name of what’s on it out loud, not even up here on the rise. People would either laugh at me, tell me I’m all kinds of crazy, or stare at me and make the crossed fingers gesture that wards off the evil eye.
I can think the name, though.
Dragon.
Read the whole story now on The Write Edge Writing Workshop!
In the middle of the week, I’ll share a new book review. This one has had my mind firing in all sorts of different directions. I’ll share some of those with you on Wednesday. Be sure to check out my thoughts on The Waiting Rooms by Eve Smith on The Write Edge Bookshelf!
On Thursday I’ll offer you my third Thursday R.E.A.D.s installment. This week I’m taking a closer look at Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens as an a.uthor. Want to know what I thought of the book? Check it out this Thursday!
Finally, Friday. I know, I know, I owe all of you a new parenting post. What can I say? Fridays somehow manage to get away from me. I’ll do my best to share a new Growth Chart at the end of the week while also updating my Instagram. Find all of that at the end of the week.
Stay strong, readers. It may feel like a herculean task, but the tide is turning. Scientists are making progress against the virus, and less of us are getting sick and losing loved ones. Not much consolation to those who have already suffered, I know, but one thing is for sure. None of us will forget this dramatic time in our lives.
Thinking of you and yours.
E.R.G.
