August 9, 2012
Thank you so much for your messages, emails and comments about this project. It is one story, now, though it started as a series of 500 word distractions to fill some downtime between work and graduate school. Posting fiction was an exposure, for me. I was afraid to do it, for a really long time. (Terrified is a better word.) I don’t like to be afraid of things. So, I thought if I posted one short piece, then wrote the next piece using one significant word from the post previous, and continued like that through the break, then maybe this particular fear would be overcome.
It hasn’t. Not really. But the writing part has gotten easier. I’ve been dreaming this story around family commitments, final assignments, and life with six busy kids. I hope I can do it justice.
Thanks for reading, you guys. Your kindness overwhelms me.
October 23, 2012
As you may have read, I’ve decided to build The Project into a Book. My plan is to remove the posts, one at a time, as I make edits, rewrite, and add narrative, which will hopefully result in something worth sharing with you all and maybe even a few other people. (But not the ones who read my stuff and then sent virtual fire and brimstone to purify my eternal soul. I got a new washing machine last week, a nice Whirlpool one with it’s very own “sanitize” cycle. I just toss my soul in there when it gets a bit grotty, so you needn’t worry about it, anymore.)
The very first Fiction post is coming down in just a few minutes. Maybe I should have a glass of wine, first….
Hugs,
- Desi
Okay, if you can do this incredibly brave thing–and so beautifully, so far!–then I had better get off my backside and re-start my long-shelved drawing-a-day experience, because I know it was seriously good education and practice for me and I will be glad I didn’t chicken out. Thanks for the kick in the pants, darling Desi. You astound me all the time, and sometimes, like today, you do it while simultaneously lighting a fire under me. How sweet it is!
xoxo
Kath
Wow! Thank YOU, Kathryn! The writing project has been quite the adventure, a bit of an addiction, and a truly bizarre exploration of the way I dream this world. I’m so very, very grateful that it inspired you :-)
it is an extraordinary project and one that take enormous courage and tenacity, I am inspired by you.. c
((hugs)) Thanks, c. At this point my husband might interpret ‘courage and tenacity’ to mean ‘obsessive compulsive disorder’, but what a lovely treat to be inspiration. I am inspired by YOU! Thanks so much for stopping by.
Love it Desi! It’s a wonderful project. Thanks for sharing your words and stories.
Thanks, Nat!