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Projects in Development

27 Monday Sep 2021

Posted by crashdlanding in Audience participation, Black Pine, Books, coming soon, Fiction, I’m Crafty and You Can Too!, My Writing, News, Non-Fiction, On Writing, Premium, Self Publishing, silent secret

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Just so I can remind myself I have stuff I should be doing

1. “Silent Secret” (research)

Dropping “the”. Cover created using Canva (not sponsored, but you can holla at me, Canva! *wink*)

Plot: A young woman goes missing just before her high school graduation. Presumed dead, she is honored at her graduation by family and friends. Twenty* years later, after her friends and classmates go their separate ways, they receive postcards in the mail from their hometown, Black Pines. “Have you forgotten about Haley?” One young woman, the missing girl’s childhood friend, returns home to seek answers. (Something like that)

Silent Secret started as a “random generator” story. The premise was to use random generators for as many aspects of the story as possible. The title, characters, and at least some extent of the plot was created by generators. They mostly came from links available on the Seventh Sanctum website.

I’ve written a little on this story, but I want to do some research before anything solid. Eventually it’ll be available by the chapter, on a monthly basis, as premium content!

At some point it’ll be self published as well.

2. “Sisters Make the Best Accomplices” (development?)

Cover made with Canva (*wink*)

Plot: (so far) Two sisters, with very different personalities, who honestly don’t get along super well (sounds like a generic sister story) get into complicated shenanigans. They have to learn to accept their differences and work together to get out of the mess they’ve gotten themselves in.

Honestly got the idea from a random Facebook image someone shared. I think I woke up thinking about it. Had some downtime at work and wrote an opening scene. If I can get the time to work on it, it’s gonna be a good one!

Don’t tell my sister, it’s gonna be dedicated to her.

Eventually I’ll self-publish this one as well.

3. Facebook Poll Story.

Guess how I created this? Yup. Canva.

Premise: On my Facebook page I post each “chapter” of a story. The next chapter’s content is determined via poll posted on the Crash Landing Site group. ALWAYS check the page first, for the chapter. Then vote in the poll. Haven’t figured out yet how to post the chapter and poll as one post.

I haven’t revealed the general plot or theme, yet. I want to watch and see where the readers take the story! So far we’re one chapter in so check it out! This one is Facebook exclusive!

I’m also going to be giving three self-published copies of the finished story to the three people who participate the most in the polls.

4. “I’m Crafty, and You Can Too!” (Delayed)

I PAID FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOR THIS ONE CANVA. I LOVE IT.

The weird sounding title was on purpose, FYI.

My goal was to make tutorial/informational videos on my YouTube for people who want to learn more about various crafts! I so often get people who tell me “I wish I were crafty.” I wanted to show them how!

I’ve gotta get my crap together and get going with this. I’d love to do it but honestly I’m afraid of being in front of a camera! That and the debilitating fear of rejection. 🤦‍♀️


Anyway, I’m sure there’s a million other things I want to be working in. Like my nephew’s letter keychain and sticker. Sorry my dude. I’ll get ya eventually.


Thanks for reading!

-c

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The Writing on the Wall

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by crashdlanding in Family, Non-Fiction

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In the partial numbness aftermath of a momentary emotional breakdown, brought on by certain realizations about my life, i happened to glance over, while holding my tiny sleeping human, and see the literal writing on the wall.

You see, during one of the days my sister was here to babysit so I could work, my lovely, rambunctious, wild as a buck, smart, wonderful two year old niece managed (easily I’m sorry to say) to find an ink pen. She left her mark on the canvas that is my wood wall.

Any normal person, with any normal set of emotions at the time, seeing this might have upset or frustrated them. A normal reaction to seeing a mark on your wall, especially one that cannot be removed or covered up.

In fact, I know that my sister, the mother of that very active niece, would apologize for the mark. I can hear her now.

But, I am not a normal person, and my emotions were not stable at the time. However, I did not get angry. I did not get frustrated. I smiled. I smiled at the mark on my wall, and sighed. The thoughts that then ran through my mind are what led to the writing of this post.

Of the thoughts that ran through my mind, one stands out the most. The fact that my sister is one of my best friends.

I feel like we weren’t close in high school. In fact, I don’t think we got really close until we were in our early to mid twenties. Adults. We weren’t close until we were adults, honestly. And I can contribute that in part to my nephew being born.

We were two very different people in high school. She had her friends and I had mine. We had one or two that overlapped. But we didn’t like the same things, didn’t hang with the same people. We actually have completely opposite tastes in music. LITERALLY. And that seems to have flip-flopped over the years.

But then we grew up, became adults. Well, she became an adult faster than I did, I’m afraid. She moved out and got married before me, had kids before me. Had her first serious relationship before me! Trust me, I was jealous on that fact. She had a lot of firsts before me. I’m the older sister, I should have been first! But I also could have been more outgoing… but that’s another post.So, the writing on the wall, a random scribble by an active two-year-old, reminded me of something I’ve known for a long time. Of all the hurt and heartache and pain I could have in my life, I know of at least one person who will always be there for me. One person who I know is just a text or phone call away. One person who loves me and my baby very much. She’s one of the best mothers I’ve ever known, and I hope I’m half as good as she is.She’s a pretty great sister, too.-c

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