Third Strike and Turkeys - My Life Is Never Boring

[engarian]

So I finally got my third strike in my writing group. It wasn't a surprise - I don't have a large group of people I can call upon to vote for my work. I probably would have taken a strike within the next week anyway, though. When Sharon is here, I'm not writing, I'm spending my time with her and that's the way it should be. She arrives on Thursday

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[cairistiona7]

We tend to hear turkey more than see them here, but it's always a treat when they do wander close to the house.

[engarian]

Wild turkeys are very canny birds. Around here they tend to be more visible than I would have expected, but they're amazingly BIG birds and rather frightening if they decide to come at you.

- Erulisse (one L)

[seaivy]

i like the way you think about writing

It reminds me of something i read recently
a writer talking about writing
but i can't remember who
sorry

[engarian]

Oh, I have to write, and I'll always write. After all, I write my blog six days a week, and have for more than 4000 entries. So, I'm a writer, I just don't always write to prompt and sometimes I'm glad about that because it can be difficult to write to prompt.

- Erulisse (one L)

[aearwen2]

So sorry you struck out - there's always the next round, right? Besides, this frees your time to spend with Sharon without that little bug at the back of the mind tugging on the "what about that prompt" thread.

You know, considering the list of fauna that populates your yard from time to time, one would wonder whether you really DO live in a metropolis! Around here, the wild turkeys tend to stay pretty much out of the settled areas. Could be the creek area offers them the cover - just like our village creek shelters our flock of roosters?

Talk to you Wednesday.

[engarian]

We do have a bit of rural in our urban, to be sure. The creek helps, the fact that we have the college across the street is also helpful because there's lots of open area there. But this suburb is certainly not metropolitan, it's spread out quite a bit more (even though they're building high-rise senior living complexes within a mile of us that will house 10,000 seniors!

About the prompt and Sharon, you're absolutely correct, and that's a total relief. I'm fairly certain I would have taken my last strike anyway this time, because my time is taken up with her and any last-minute things I need to get wrapped up before she arrives.

- Erulisse (one L)

[ellynn_ithilwen]

personally, i don't have the slightest wish to dive into original fiction (and all the stress that goes with it). i am perfectly happy with fan fiction :)

[engarian]

I love writing fan fiction too, but you're still creating original scenes and interactions, the only thing that's already there for you are the characters. In some ways it's easier, in others it's a bit harder because the characters are already established and their back stories already exist.

- Erulisse (one L)

[furzicle]

Erulisse (one L) I was so sorry to see you voted out of LiveJournal idol! I voted for just three people on the last round (which is my typical deluge of votes) and you were one of them. Kris and I often talk about how it's really just kind of a popularity contest. That said, I think you succeeded based upon your writing and not your burgeoning friends list.

I must ask, where do you live? I get so frustrated when people talk about their home territory but don't mention where it is. To even up the question/answer tally, I live in Southern California and I am Kris's mom. He, as you must know, now lives two hours' drive southwest of Melbourne, Australia in a cute, friendly small town in the country.

[engarian]

Thanks so much, and I really appreciate your vote and your support. I agree, it is a type of popularity contest, and I just have to get to the point where I'm there for the writing, not the votes. I'm not sure I'll ever really reach that though because the votes are what keeps you able to participate (I know ... Home Game. I might be using that too, but after my vacation with my Bestie).

I live in a suburb of St Paul, Minnesota, up here in the frozen Northlands.

You're Kris' Mom? I had no idea. I sent him a bee pendant from Ukraine a few months ago when I was buying a spider for myself and saw the pendant, thinking it was a perfect gift for someone into bees. I enjoy reading about his adventures.

- Erulisse (one L)