Whatcha Up To?:
- Just got back from annual Authors of the Flathead Writers Conference where I may have joined the board (More Below).
- Creating a local writing group at my public library (More Below).
- Work on the office continues (More Below).
Authors of the Flathead Writers Conference!
Authors of the Flathead is a lovely group of “writers helping writers” who put on a conference each year with truly phenomenal speakers like: Chris La Tray, Mark Sullivan, Deborah Magpie Earling, Shelley Read, and Michael Punke. I’m so very grateful to this group and all the effort they put into these conferences, so when they said they needed board members for 2026 – 2027 and they said there were five open positions, and they intimated that if no one spoke up the conference would disappear, and they said I could do it from home and not drive two hours to participate each month, I (finally) stepped up and volunteered to join the board.
Local Writing Group!
For several years, my local public library has asked me to start a writing group and I’ve resisted…which is perhaps to gentle a term. It’s more like I’ve thrown an adult tantrum complete with stomped foot. Until now. One of the (many) things I took away from the above conference is the fact that these little zoom groups I’ve been joining that gradually fall by the wayside simply aren’t cutting it. I need to commit not only to myself and my writing, but to other writers, and we all need to show up for one another consistently. And so, I’ve finally begun the creation of a local writing group which will begin meeting later this month.
The Office!
The office work, she continues…only I’m not the one doing it. Right now, the work needed is all metal fabrication and my Sweet Love has been working on it “in his spare time” of which there is none because we also finally broke down and decided to put in a whole-house generator this year (which isn’t as simple as it may sound). My poor husband’s time has been very much divided between regular property maintenance, preparation for winter, prepping the property for generator install (which includes moving a propane tank and retrenching lines), and occasionally working on my office. I can say, the roof no longer leaks!
Images below: one of the trenches and the propane tank in it’s new spot (left) metal fab on trailer office roof (right)
October Timed Writing Prompt Available Now!
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Monthly Book Talks!
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Readings
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