Motivation Found

"The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It’s not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found."- William Stafford

My room with a view for a week

 
It's amazing what a little relaxation can do. After a week long staycation with my family at a cabin on Lake Superior, I am feeling inspired. Days on the beach soaking in the sand and sun reading books, poems, short stories and creating some of my own helped me get motivated again.

I entered a couple poetry contests and even sent out a picture book manuscript that's been sitting around for some time. I can do this and so can you. Here's to happy writing, revising, and submitting.

Friday Original Poem

Oswald West Beach

Where I lost it all

to a sea anemone, three starfish,

two orange, one purple,

to the surfer roasting

abalone over open flames.

Sent it all

back into the sea that

salt-stained my pant cuffs,

washed me.

Collected caves,

indents in the earth

where I fit.

Vowed to the lines of petrified logs –

benches in waiting –

where I sat spreading waves

on the day’s toast.

© 2013 Regina Gort all rights reserved

Writer's Block Wednesday

Whew! We made it through a whole month of blogging and poetry!

Whether you are stumped on how to begin a new project or hitting the wall in your current project, we give you Writer's Block Wednesday. Each week we offer a photo as inspiration, as a prompt or as a distraction.

Writer's Block Wednesday

Whether you are stumped on how to begin a new project or hitting the wall in your current project, we give you Writer's Block Wednesday. Each week we offer a photo as inspiration, as a prompt or as a distraction.

Writer's Block Wednesday

Whether you are stumped on how to begin a new project or hitting the wall in your current project, we give you Writer's Block Wednesday. Each week we offer a photo as inspiration, as a prompt or as a distraction.

The Small Things

Celebrating the small things this Friday.

Juliet is soooo tired this week (lame, I know.)  But she did have a few moments:

1. Skipped her historical fiction class to attend a meeting at Willard School in order to recruit a new COPE.

2. Wrote two pieces for said class and sent homework by email.  (She will post one of those next Thursday.)

3. Had a fabulous slumber party with friend and friend's newly adopted baby, Zachary.  Rocked and fed him at five am Tuesday morning.  Then, snuggled next to him as he fell back to sleep among shared girl talk and morning breath.

Regina:

1. Submitted a poem.

2.Wrote everyday.

3.Saw a Snowy Owl for the first time up close and personal in the wild and snapped a photo(though it is grainy, she cherishes it).

Writer's Block Wednesday

Whether you are stumped on how to begin a new project or hitting the wall in your current project, we give you Writer's Block Wednesday. Each week we offer a photo as inspiration, as a prompt or as a distraction.