I didn’t want to go to kindergarten when it was time for me to go. All my friends were going to Humpty Dumpty Play School, but I hated it. I much preferred to stay at home and play by myself or with baby Sam in our room, near Mama. I played school on my own,…
Month: February 2012
Memoir Prompt: Memories of My Dad
Yesterday was my father’s birthday. Here is a piece I wrote about him a while back, but still rings true for me. A window into my world with him: “Have I told you today how much I love you?” This was a question my father asked me every day I was growing up. “I love…
Flash Fiction Prompt: Three Weeks After
She woke up lonely. She knew it would happen. She’d been expecting it. One day she was busy and life was filled to overflowing and then it wasn’t. She could hear the silence bouncing off the walls in her now too big house; her only companions her dog and her cat. She sat down on…
Prompt: Early Saturday Morning After All Night with the TV On
My husband is still sleeping. He fell asleep watching television; I did, too, but I got up and headed to bed. He woke for a moment and said, “I’ll be there in a minute.” I knew I’d wake up at 3 am and find the television still on along with all the lights and hear…
Interview with Margaret Elysia Garcia | Penduline Press
Interview with Margaret Elysia Garcia | Penduline Press.
Prompt: Haiku: Illness
Coughing punctuates The quiet LA evening My husband is sick Texas maladies Brought back to ail in LA Have him hacking hard Tomorrow may bring A trip to the Urgent Care Medicine to aid He is quiet now But only for a brief time Before the cough quakes I hope he can sleep He needs…
Prompt: The Word “Time”
Time is an issue for me. It has been an issue for a long while. Not when I was a kid. Then time stretched out like a relaxed cat, stretching long, and I relaxed with it. Playing outside up in trees and pretending each limb was a room in my imaginary house, and me climbing…
My Submission Plan
Today I submitted three of my pieces to literary magazines. I also followed the advice in the article I posted and actually took the time to read several magazines, especially the ones to which I submitted. My plan is to devote one day a week to submissions, something I haven’t done lately. It is time,…
Helpful Article on Publishing in Literary Magazines
Why Fiction Magazines Are An Untapped Goldmine For New Authors | The Creative Penn.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s card provided by Southwest Airlines. Ray and I are heading back to LA from Texas. We’re in San Antonio for a quick stop over from Dallas before heading off for 3 hours in the air. The flight attendant is cracking jokes. “If you want Pepsi go to an airline that has filed Chapter 11. …
20 Minutes a Day 