The child declared, “I’m going to try to draw a flower with this paper bag over my head!” A minute later, distressed cries as if the world were ending: “Oh no!!! It doesn’t look very good!!!”
Author: marylowd
Truly Momentous
“This must be my first day of ever liking cucumbers!” — Elaine
Well, It’s Protein
After much negotiation, the only good that the child will agree to eat is a bowl full of peanut butter.
Stories in the Dark
Elaine insisted that we turn off the lights and both wear headlamps for reading her bedtime story tonight.
Pie and editing.
Editing and pie.
I posted the above words, many years ago on Facebook, and my favorite editor asked in a comment whether the second version was a revision of the first… Continue reading “Pie and editing.”
Something That Could’ve Been in Alice in Wonderland
Send the wild herrings on a red goose chase!
Fluttershy, Letters, and Numbers
Elaine, when I went in to wake her up for kindergarten: “I had another Fluttershy dream…
According to Elaine, today was brought to us by the number “sun” and the letter “zoo.”
Minor Recognitions
I’ve now received Honorable Mention/Quarter Finals in Writers of the Future fifteen times.
What You Love to Hear
Elaine, sounding disappointed: “Why isn’t there school on Christmas?”
Me: “Because people want to be able to spend Christmas with their families.”
Elaine: “Not me!”
Whispers from a Future Book
Gah. Trudith and Kipper started talking to each other in my head again. I’m supposed to edit book 2 before I start book 3!