So, as many of you know, I have been writing. I’ve actually been writing for years, but I’ve only recently come out of the writing closet. Oh? You didn’t know there was a closet for writers? Well, my friend, there is a closet for everything. You never know when someone will come popping out of their closet and exclaim, “I love Jersey Shore and I don’t care who knows it!” (ok, maybe that person should stay in the closet) It may not go well at first, but if your closet is feeling cramped, you know, psychologically speaking, you’d best just hop on out. Leave the skeletons, and come out smiling and waving!
Ugh, you are thinking, will she EVER come to the point?
Maybe, if she can remember what the point was….hmmm…the point…(fingernails tapping….) oh yes! Writing! I have written several children’s books and am halfway through a humorous-anecdotal-life-experiences-being-me book, which is freaking funny, if i do say so myself. I’ve even begun to send my stuff to agents! And publishers!
As an up and coming writer, I have discovered an online writing community and have begun to ‘follow’ several writing blogs, tweeters, and websites. This makes me feel more like a serious writer and less like a chubby housewife doing daycare pretending to be a famous funny writer. Very useful and very validating.
One thing the writersdigest.com site offers, is a writing ‘prompt’ I generally ignore, fiction not being my strong suit, which sounds ridiculous, but truthfully, I have no imagination. This one, however, intrigued me, and I couldn’t pass it up:
You and a friend break into your neighborhood swim club late one night to go for an after-hours dip. While splashing around in the pool, you go into shock when a dead body floats to the top. Worse yet—it’s someone you know. Write this scene.
Somehow this struck me as funny. It’s just so cheesy! What I am looking for here is the next sentence. Write your sentence as a comment, and then make sure you are ‘following’ me (look to the right, at the bottom of this page, there is a Google Friend Follower thingy). I will then write down your name, and put it into a receptacle of some sort and then! THEN, on Thursday, I will draw a name out!
WOW.
And THEN, on Friday, I will announce a Winner and I will give the person whose name I drew out of the as yet un-picked-out receptacle and give that person a $25 Visa gift card AND their choice of the SahmSisters $35 or $25 bags. (check the **buy our stuff** page to see the choices)
I can’t wait to hear from you…especially one of you…who shall remain nameless, but there is currently a hot guy painting your trim…
