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Thursday, June 13, 2013

June 13th Challenge

Hi, it’s Christina –


As things are getting more and more crazy around here, I am coming to realize I might not have enough time right now to keep up with a daily blog; then again, this was initially supposed to be a two week project and now it has been almost two months. I hate to do it, because I truly enjoy writing the blog, but something’s got to give if I intend to keep to my EOY release deadline for Simply by Chance. I will finish editing the one book I committed to and read the two more I agreed to review, but then I am putting on my writer’s cap and putting my nose to the grindstone. I will still try to post a few times a week, but every day is becoming impossible. Think of it as I’m giving you extra time to take up a challenge.

I finally figured out yesterday why I was procrastinating. For the first time, one of my characters needs to die and I’m having a hard time with it. If I don’t write the next chapter, then he will remain safe. I know it is irrational and completely silly, but I get attached to my characters and the thought of one of them dying is upsetting. Yeah, I know, I’m a nut, but there you have it.

So the official countdown has begun. One week until graduation! If any of you out there are parents, you know what an emotional time this is, for us and for our graduates. All I know for sure is I will be packing an entire box of tissues to bring with me to the ceremony.

Your last challenge was:
 
 

As I look at our hands joined together now as they have been for so many years, I can’t help but think. Think of how young and wrinkle free they were the first time they joined on our first date. I spent so much of the time studying our hands, fingers laced in a perfect fit, I missed most of the movie. Since that very first time, I have noticed our hands on many occasions; at the beach when you tried to keep me upright in rough waves, across a candlelit table at dinner, entwined at the alter on our wedding, crunched during labor at our children’s births. Through the years more and more lines have appeared on those intertwined hands, each line a testament to what we have experienced together, what we have held each other hands through and I smile. True the hands are not as young as they used to be, but their comforting strength will never diminish.

 

 Your Next Challenge is:

 

One time my best friend and I…

 

 

You have 10 minutes (be honest). There is no right or wrong, just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t count and NO ONE is allowed to criticize what someone else has written. Go.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM

    One time my best friend and I race each other on the backs of lions. The lions were striped pink and green and wore feathered caps in the style of Robin Hood. The first lion was named Hathgar, and the second called Horace. I must admit Horace was my favorite. He had a roar that could summon every bird from five miles around.

    Hathgar on the other hand had a roar that could summon every fish for ten miles, which would have been far more useful if we lived anywhere near water.

    So Hathgar sometimes got a little jealous of Horace and would nip him on the tail. For this reason Horace usually let Hathgar stay a little ahead of him while we raced.

    Well, one day we were racing over a bridge, and an earthquake happened. The bridge cracked, and we all fell in the water. Horace roared, but none of the birds could manage to lift us out. The lions were far too heavy you see.

    We were in fear of drowning, but then Hathgar roared and all the fishes came from miles around. And while none of the could have lifted us individually, they all clustered together very tightly and created an underwater bridge, more like a conveyor belt, for fish must always be moving. And soon we were safe on shore.

    After this Hathgar's jealousy was abated, for he realized his own talent was every bit as useful as Horace's.

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    1. UnknownJune 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM

      Oh Kay, that was wonderful and you got a whole story finished in 10 minutes! I am truly impressed!!

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    2. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 10:45 PM

      Yeah, I just wrote whatever popped in my head and didn't question it... sort of surprised I managed to get any closure out of it. Even wrapped up in 9 minutes which left me a minute to edit. :)

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    3. UnknownJune 18, 2013 at 7:55 AM

      I'm thinking you may have just written an almost complete children's story - It has all the elements. Some of your descriptions will become illustrations, so you'll need to add a few more lines, but other than that, I think you're good to go. Great job!

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