Accept the Challenge - First Memory

My earliest memory would be around four years old.
Recalling the warmth of the sun,feeling happy in my red checkered dress and the curls in my hair bouncing as I skip along the sidewalk towards home.
In my hands I am holding a cold carton of ice cream that mother has sent me to the store for.
Well, I must of overheated for I do remember eating the contents with my fingers.
This was probably the moment my body's thermostat was set for my fat cells.

My First Post

Testing ,testing


THANK YOU Nicole for all your patience and assistance in getting me going on this Bloggy thing...
Nola

I challenge you...

To post your first memory.

Masterclass by Ken Follett

One of my very favourite books is "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (Which has been adapted into an eight hour TV series now in Post-Production *shrieks like little girl*). So when someone who has successfully written over a thousand pages that you can't put down and they're giving writing advice; I'm going to listen.

Check out this link to Ken Follett's Masterclass.

A library's lack of luster

Last nights writing group session was, in the very least, inspirational, hilarious, and moving. Margaret's exercise 'write in a location that you do not ordinarily write' proved to take us all down similar paths. Extrordinarily the bulk of us felt that our choices were limited to the library, a coffee shop, or the airport. Must be the time of year. We all had one thing in common; the library is not a very stimulating location, although Nola did do a great job in there.

New member Joanne joined us and fit right in. The group was missing a few, but the night was great. Everyone's writing seems to be coming along. More definitive style, a knowledge of what to ask and most importantly more critiques.
Great work everyone. The next meeting is Tuesday March 2. Our facilitator will be Christine and here is her assignment:
Write approximately 500-1000 words (or as Joanne says: when it's over you're done) about your cooking experience with a focus on thoughts, feelings, and where it takes you. For example, where does your train of thought go when you're chopping a carrot?
In the meantime I challenge anyone out there in blog-land to post something!
If you're still intimidated by blogging check out the BLOGGER TOUR or after you sign in to Blogger choose New Post and follow the directions in this video...

How To Create Your First Blog Post 3/118 - Funny bloopers R us
You could post a link to a great article or website or video. Maybe a poem or piece you've been working on or just your thoughts and frustrations and accomplishments. Would love to see more interaction on here from all directions.
Let's inspire!

Inspiration, where art thou?

I'm not sure if anyone else is having difficulty with tomorrow's writing task. At least one part is done. I'm left with no more options of 'where' I will write as I am at work until we meet. Unless, of course, I decide to write in my car or camp next to Mark Creek tonight for an evening of prose; probably not though.
So the location part is figured out, now all I need to do is see what I will write, but more importantly 'what about' I will write.
I've been jotting a few lines here and there and nothing has materialized. So here's my question to you; how do you get inspired? What do you do when the ideas just aren't flowing?

The darker side of us

Last night we switched focus a bit and each wrote a short story/poem/portion-of-a-larger-project around 1000 words. Everyone seems to have a unique style and it's such a pleasure to listen and bounce ideas around.

Welcome new members Alison, Christine, and David! Great job facilitating Nola- hopefully we can all work on character development as the session go on.

Next Session - Tuesday February 16th Margaret will be our faciltator and the assigment is:

A creative piece between 500 and 1000 words written in a place that you do not ordinarily write.