About Me
Thirteen Random Facts About Me
1. Every play I performed in my college theatre ended with my character murdered. Okay, there were only two.
2. I have an addiction to brownies-from-a-box but hate chocolate ice cream.
3. I learned to hockey stop on ice skates by asking a knowledgeable looking hockey player during an open skate – two days before I joined the women’s club hockey team in college.
4. My food orders in restaurants make Meg Ryan’s in When Harry Met Sally look low maintenance.
5. I turned into a gym junkie as a side effect of trying losing baby weight.
6. I will never be a graceful swimmer.
7. When I doze off at my computer, but refuse to succumb so I can finish writing, I watch (currently) LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem video and do the shuffle. It wakes me up for another 20 to 30 minutes of writing.
8. All I have in common with Donna Reed (from the TV show) is we are both stay at home mothers and have two children.
Three reasons why writing is a challenge.
9. I don’t plot out my fictional stories. I write them “in the moment” and have no idea where they’re going next.
10. I am blessed with an unnatural immunity to stomach viruses which means I clean up a lot of puke.
11. I suffer from odontophobia. Yes, dentists terrify me.
12. I am a sci-fi geek.
13. I have no idea what I’m doing self-hosting my own website.
This blog is for writing challenges, random pieces of writing, ranting about writing frustrations, and pretty much everything else related to aspiring to be a “real” writer.
March 2011 – I’ve decided (when the prompt fits and the characters are talking) to write about recurring characters, in hopes that one day I might have the workings of a book. See the “”Fiction” tab for more information.
Meanwhile, you can check out the main mommy blog over at Dances with Chaos.
Somehow I think our kids share the same genes! Is the best moment in your day when your spouse gets home and all you can hope to do is get the place put back together again? I have a 3 3/4 and an 20 month little girls at home. Its so not what I went to school for. But I love it!
Great blog Kelly! I will check back for more advice!
~Andy
Andy McCleaf recently posted..Help!
I definitely have days like that.
Thank you for coming by!
Kelly K @ Writing w/ Chaos recently posted..I Was Not Good Enough
Just wanted to tell you…you were right. Last year at this time you commented on one of my posts about stopping my anti-depressants, cautioning me to be careful. I barely realized in time this time. Thanks for having the courage to warn someone you didn’t know. You never know when your words will make a difference.
Azara recently posted..The Bad Mother
I am so glad you realized it in time.
It is not a weakness needing medication. Do you consider those who take blood pressure or cholesterol reducing medication weak? I certainly do not. I feel the same way about depression and other mental illnesses–the body chemistry is not working properly and something can help you, you are not less of a person for taking it.
I’m glad my words made a difference, although I’m told I can be rather bossy… I hope I didn’t come off that way in my initial comment.
Great site, and you and I have #9 in common – I’m a total pantser!
Thanks for connecting on Cameron’s Story Circle.
eden
eden baylee recently posted..Part 1 of The Candlestick Killer for THE STORY CIRCLE via @camerongarriepy
So as a fellow panser, are you like me and often have no idea what is happening next, or I’m I just a clueless panser?
Looking forward to checking out some more of your writing.
Kelly K @ Writing w/ Chaos recently posted..The Hunted