Since We Last Chatted...
My husband and I visited Seattle, Washington to see Boy #2, Boy #3 & #3's fiancé. We had a great visit. Beautiful weather for some sightseeing. Saw the bubble gum wall 🤢
Boy #2 asked how much I’d pay him to lick it. I offered him a tank of gas to stay three feet away from it at all times.
The boys are still as cute and cuddly as ever.
Boy #2 will be getting married in October. Regan is from the PNW (Pacific Northwest, I now know!), so she was our tour guide.
While we were in Seattle, Boy #4 and his girlfriend were in Boston, where he proposed under the ancient willow. Our family is growing!
And our sweet Sylvia turned 1! She's growing up so fast! Her big sister will be 3 this weekend and she has a little brother on the way. We like to stay busy in the Seckman world!
Yeah, yeah, that's all great, but what about the writing? I finished the current WIP, but the ending is still tripe that needs some reimagining. I could be insecure about that, but I'm okay with it. I've spent the last year working on a short story anthology with my young writer's group and when I tell them the stories are good but they still need this or that tweaked...they have that look of pained insecurity I always felt when someone told me my original words weren't perfect.
We have to accept Michael Crichton's wise words about great books not being written—but being rewritten. The insecure part of me wants to swap great for good. Eeps. Insecurities remain!
The Question of the month!
Do most of your story ideas come from one place (the news, dreams, etc.) or do they hit from all over the place? Like everything else about me. They come from various scattered places.
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Congrats on your son's engagement! I loved seeing all your pictures. And congrats on finishing your manuscript.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot going on family-wise. Congratulations on finishing. Polishing can come later.
ReplyDeleteBubble gum wall? No thanks!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing your WIP! Even if it still needs work, it's still a great accomplishment.
Such great pictures and so much fun! What a lovely family. And Sylvia is adorable.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the WIP! Congrats on that. Editing is just part of the process. :)
Congrats! And I guess I missed that wall the two times I visited.
ReplyDeleteSons... We don't raise them. We survive them. LOL
ReplyDeleteCongratulations all around!
I cannot even think about that bubble gum wall without getting grossed out.... :o
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on all the good stuff going on in your world! :)
Happy family time. The bubble gum wall sounds disgusting. Does it smell bad , too?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! What a lovely adventure and what beautiful news! There is nothing better than family, eh?
ReplyDeleteI get to congratulate you a second time on your son's engagement! Hurray. I love what Michael Crichton said. So true.
ReplyDeleteYour family is really growing and how fun! It would be nice to tour Seattle with a native!
ReplyDeleteI love your family news, Elizabeth! After all, that's the most important thing in life!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the son's engagement! It seems the season. My niece got married last month, and my nephew last Friday. Love is in the air!
ReplyDeleteHi, Liz... my how grown up your boys are... Where has all the time gone? How wonderful see them so happy with new loves and family. Time keeps marching on and somewhere along the way decades fly by. Happy to see you are still writing. I haven't in ages, but picked up another creative outlet with my art. Fine art painting seems to where I am heading these days, but I must admit, I still miss writing. Once my life settles, I may return. In the meantime, It's nice catching up with all my writer friends.
ReplyDeleteFamily times like this are so precious. I'm always interested in where story ideas come from. To me, they start with a little seed that grows slowly and needs a lot of nurturing and attention.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your son. That looked like a fun trip.
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