Productive Writing

Today was fruitful. I started writing after breakfast, and by eight o'clock tonight I had four chapters finished in my rough draft, ready to start editing. 

This is exciting, watching as my brainchild, Hero in Cowboy Boots begins taking form and coming to life. The words flowed easily, and I tried to watch my passive verbs. I couldn't eliminate them all, but I whittled them down to a manageable amount. 

I also went to confessions at the church. We are counting down to the Easter season, and the Lord will occupy a large part of our time and hearts. My OCIA class is also making an impact. Both my husband and myself are praying and reading our Bibles, and trying to manage what we watch, say and read in our lives. I feel so free right now, knowing I am forgiven. Tomorrow I'll be able to take communion at Mass. What an amazing feeling!

For those of you who do not know Jesus, He is the reason I have survived for over 74 years. I can't begin to count all the times He has saved me, with the help of my Guardian Angel, who is kept very busy at times. Like the time I woke up on the left side of the Clifton river bridge, meeting a car that could have been full of kids and family or friends. Or the time I rode a dirt bike down a very long rocky driveway. A classmate was driving a car behind me going about 50 mph. One rock turned the wrong way could have caused me to crash  that dirt bike. We both made it and my friend was very impressed with my riding. But my parents were not so impressed. I didn't get to try that trick again.

I hope I can keep my sinning under control enough to take communion tomorrow. It's been a couple of weeks since I've been to communion.

May God be merciful to my soul.

Back at it finally!

This  post was meant for this blog and accidentally posted to my sister blog Canvas of the Soul. So if you see a duplication, that's why...

  I know it looks like I haven't been writing, but I have been working offline on my outline for A Hero in Cowboy Boots. It's a Christian contemporary romance set in Salina, Ks.

I finished my outline/summary yesterday, and today I posted the rough draft of Chapter 1 in my focused study group at WVU. I'm excited, because it means I'll be getting feedback from others and can progress now to Chapter 2, which is another chapter I had lost in my computer crash a few years ago. 

I may have to rewrite the chapters I've lost, but hopefully they will be better than the originals. I was so thrilled to find my notebook last week with my outline in it. I've also found my notebook with the printouts of chapters from my first novel, which is close to being completed (rough draft) and will be ready to start editing and rewriting.

I'd post my chapters on here, but I don't think anyone is reading my blog anyway. I never hear from anyone about it. It is one of my goals for my life to get at least one of my stories published. I don't expect to get rich or famous, but the idea of being a published author has long been a dream of mine.

My art is another dream. I have sold a few paintings, not for any large amounts. If anything, I practically give them away. As a matter of fact, I am running low on storage space and have a LOT of paintings around my house, so if anyone is interested, I can share pics online of my art and you can purchase them dirt cheap! lol

In the meantime, I'll keep writing and painting, and storing a lot of it in boxes in the basement. Talk about a fire hazard!

Back to work, Dixie!