I have been posting daily for over 60 days now. Between the PAD challenge and the MerMay challenge I have been sure to get something up for the last two months.
Fae corps publishing is doing a short story prompt a day for June but it is just a bit too much for me. I am going to be trying to get caught up with the publishing work I am slightly behind on. so I am going to be going back to the weekly posts and weekends off except for the occasional random ones. I will be doing a few things differently for the weekday posts. I hope you enjoy it. I want to squeeze an art post in somewhere. I am hoping to post a bit more….but I don’t know if I will. I am back to running both my own personal blog and Fae Corps Publishing’s blog. so I am bound to mess up some where. I do the schedule for the week on Sunday for both.
Well I managed to get the blog covered. I am now pattimouse.blog
I am going to be trying to post at least a poem a week during May to keep my blog somewhat writing based during my art challenge month. Also I have been accepted for the poetry Marathon. I am going to try to post the poetry from that here as well. That is happening on May 15th.
There might be some other announcements upcoming soon but I am done for now.
Okay…Today was the end of November’s poetry posts. Tomorrow will be a quiet day here on the blog. I will likely be trying to schedule the week ahead. The current plan for my blog is:
Monday poetry – This will be Poetry by Patricia Harris
Tuesday Tunes- This will be a day for me to discuss music
Wednesday Whispers – This will be a sneak peak into Serena Mossgraves’s writing. Either Poetry or Fiction. This could be a short story or a teaser. I will try to at least post something fun.
Thursday Topics – This is going to be a bit random. It could be publishing, Mental Health, Writing, Politics, Rants…just about anything that I have burning my mind that week. Or it could just be a meme that I found worthy of sharing…I am not going to limit this one.
Friday Share – this is the same as it has always been. Share with me something worth looking at. Or I might share in the comments something fun. It is a easy day for me.
The weekends are rarely active here. I do my scheduling on Sunday. So I occasionally will post on Saturday or Sunday if I see something that I feel the need to speak about and don’t wanna wait until Thursday. Otherwise the only posts I will try to guarantee is the Book Birthdays. ( I am terrible about remembering to do these here. Fae corps always remembers) I will likely be doing a daily thing again in April, May, October, & November… 2 poetry and 2 art. Whether I stop the other posts during that time or not…well I will see. I did this time because I felt I needed to reorganize the blog.
Okay I am caught Up as far as the poems…Even on the Pad Challenge. I did the posts for the Ars Poetica…However I feel like it might just be too much to do the Pad images. I am still trying to catch up on the main stuff for Fae Corps. That means currently I have 5 books to get organized, and published. The marketing images made for and everything done. That is only for the rest of November and December. I have a Live manuscript on my desk half read. (I really hate half way doing anything.) and I have to deal with the normal day to day stuff like blood work and doctors appointments. I should be able to at the least keep up with the Ars Poetica posts, and when I can I will be doing that as well
I don’t know if you remember, but in April I was posting daily from a poetry volume about poetry. I am going to be returning to that as one of the PAD challenges. I will be Posting it directly to the blog. Here’s today’s poem.
How strange it feels
to pick up the pen,
with the intent to write.
As if I could peel away my skin
and let poetry see the light.
Exposure of the soul
in a way that few would
understand,
leaving my pen sitting limp
suddenly in my once so eager hands.
I feel like it should not stop me
the idea that I might be misunderstood,
instead I will let flower the words
and see if I can find the art within.
This kind of feels like a multiple update type of post.
the House is perfect. a cute cabin with land for their chickens. it is in their affordable price range and off the electric grid. It is not terribly far from me. There’s a lot more but I don’t want to speak too much about their stuff online.
Backing up the files and the publication schedule, as well as dealing with life, has been making writing fall behind. This bothers me greatly. I realize that my life will settle in October, My computer is being replaced in October…and the publication schedule is what it is. But two of my issues will get settled in October. So I will be doing the PAD for both Patricia and Serena. and I am seriously considering doing at least some of Nano. Just not sure if I will be using the same word count goals as most do. I am thinking if I set up a challenge for just getting a daily word count in I will feel like I accomplished something.
I may be adjusting the Fae Corps Publishing blog at the beginning of the new year. I am going to be going back to dealing with it for a while as we are not sure if my child is going to have the ability once they move for a while. I think I want to do some adjustments on the daily schedule. I have to think about it.
I am going to be rearranging my house because I’m bringing my art studio inside. so I might be posting about that for a while. the old one doesn’t have electricity, so I am going to be using my child’s old room to have a safe place to create.
I think that’s all I have to say today. My life is currently in flux, so I am not sure if I can do anything that I have ideas for. I do know that I have to keep moving forward.
My child is going to check out a very possible house this week and I am going to be going with them to look. By the time this posts we will have seen it.
I am planning for a new desktop upgrade -which is a fairly involved process. files need to be sorted .
my current pos tried to die on me so the desktop has to be dealt with . we got it back but it has a limited time…
In some ways it has been doing that for a while now. My Boyfriend and my youngest child have finally decided that they cannot stand each other. Father and child have reached the point where the child has grown and has been for a few years but the father could not see it. There are other factors…but this is the gist of my current situation.
The child called my parents to generally see about getting advice/help. And left out context. So my parents were worried. My father decided that he needed to scream at me. So I am stepping back from contact there.
My eldest is having family issues of his own. Nothing that I can help with, Though I ache for the pain he is feeling.
So, I am struggling with the ties that family bring. I am about to have an empty nest as my youngest child is looking at moving out. Which is not a bad thing for them, but I will miss seeing them most days. While they do not get along with their father, We are close.
I don’t know how the next few months are going to be for me mentally. I am trying to look at the brighter side of this.
My studio will be moved inside to my child’s former room. This means I will have electricity in my studio. (The current one does not have electric, which means I am limited on the time I can be in it.)
My Boyfriend’s room will be moved downstairs. That means My bedroom can be moved into his current room. My current bedroom will be turned into a full office space for me. Allowing me to have more space. The Bathroom upstairs is in his room. So I will have an easier access to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
I will be able to have time with my child without the normal irritation that comes from the interaction they have with their father. I am just going to have to drive to them. Perhaps that is going to be a minor vacation once a month. I am planning to spend the weekend once a month at their house…so I may end up having a late blog one week out of the month. Though I don’t Know. If I can gather a laptop that might not be a thing.
So , at this point I think I have switched Wednesday . I am doing Monday poetry for my poetry. I believe that I will be using Wednesday to post Serena teaser/poetry.
Book reviews will be when I have them to do.
Thursday will be generally a bit of a wtf is on my mind kinda day .
And I am always happy to entertain Ideas for other posts .
So many of those paying attention know that my kid is taking care of the Fae Corps Publishing blog and they are doing well with it.
However I miss doing the Sunday Suggestions over there. It was also the one day that they were struggling with. So I will be picking that back up.
It got me thinking. Is there anything you would like to see me do on my own blog? I don’t think I have ever asked for what you as my readers would like. And I am at the point where I probably should.
Pattimouse 