Welcome to Manuscript Monday, friends! I haven’t had one in a few weeks, but I just wanted to check in, and keep you updated on both the progress of the book and the content. I’m still revising, probably revising it to death, but I can’t stand letting it out of my hands until I think … More Ignite Your Bones
Well, I can’t top last year’s Halloween post, because really, what tops Bax Vader? (if you didn’t see Bax Vader, please…click here to see Bax Vader.) But I thought you would enjoy this blast from the past. This was our marching band’s Halloween Parade in Marion Center. Can you find me? I dressed up in … More Marla’s Idea of a Desperate Housewife…Halloween, 1988
I saw I picked up some new followers recently. Welcome and thanks. I hope you enjoy the travel photos and random musings. Mondays I try to talk a little about my writing. Today’s post was inspired by a weekly photo challenge that WordPress created. Previously we’ve discussed defining moments, and you all blew me away … More The Hue of You: Manuscript Monday
What, or where, influences you? This is yesterday’s post, but we didn’t have internet, so I’ll just have to share Manuscript Monday on a Tuesday. I want to share a couple photos related to the section I’m revising now. It feels like I’ve been on the home stretch of this book forever, but hopefully all … More The Influence of a Vietnamese Temple
Some days, writing is like Christmas morning: I can’t wait to get up and unwrap all the gifts my brain left me during the night. Of course, the way my brain seems to encode life and decipher events, I don’t always know if what I unwrap is going to be a lovely, knit cardigan or … More Writing is Like Christmas Morning…at the Bates Motel
(Don’t worry, dear reader. Today’s post is short, optimistic, and will end with a “cuddly wuddly” lion cub photo from here in South Africa.) I am one strong, strong, STRONG mother fluffer. And I don’t just mean that I can now bench press 99 pounds (45kg for my new African friends), or that I still … More Marla is a Strong Mother Fluffer!
You might remember that I’m on deadline with the manuscript revisions this week, so I’m spending more time offline than on. For the rest of the week I’ll post a photo and brief about this life in South Africa. But first, I realized I didn’t give you anything yesterday for Manuscript Monday! Each writer has … More Who Influences You?
I’m going through minor identity frustration. In the 20 years since becoming Kurt’s wife, this is the first time I’ve ever felt entirely defined as only, “Kurt’s wife.” Every person I encounter here asks what my husband does when they learn I’m an American. There has not yet been any assumption other than that I … More “Mrs. Kurt”: Identity Struggles on Manuscript Monday
Writer Wednesday is back…with a twist. Once per month I will tell you the latest book I’ve read by a South African author. I decided one way I can easily honor living in South Africa for the next couple years is to read at least one book per month by a different South African author … More 24 Books in 24 Months (by 24 South African Authors): Writer Wednesday!
First, did you watch the breath-holding tightwire walk across a 1500 foot gorge next to the Grand Canyon? Holy crapballs that’s some freaky stuff. I guess they even built in a 10-second delay on the live broadcast “just in case.” Eek. And how about that “Supermoon!?” What a night! Welcome to Manuscript Monday. Haven’t had … More Wallenda’s Highwire Locale, and the Supermoon: “Creative” Nonfiction?
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