More exciting than any writing updates … yesterday there was a bear in a tree in the yard across the street!!! Okay, so it’s a little hard to see … but there’s a black blob in the middle of that photo that’s actually a bear. About thirty minutes later he came down from the tree…
The past week has been super busy. I had a party, so my house – and the dogs! – were clean and sparkly for a few days. I finished one writing class and am in the middle of the second. Jasper and I practiced our turns (as in dog agility turns), I planted more flowers…
I’m in week 2 of a class on character development, so it’s not surprising that I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about what makes characters interesting. I tend to write – and read – very character-focused stories, so making my characters feel vivid to my readers is very important to me. Our first…