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A Bright Spark of Inspiration

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This weekend has been delightfully quiet and relaxing, exactly what I've needed after a month--months, really--of stress and poor health and frustration. I've felt like my writing has been the last thing I've been able to focus on, and I haven't made it a priority, and then today, I unexpectedly had a spark of an idea that flared into a bright flame of inspiration and for the first time in months I'm excited and want to write. I think after months of not knowing what I was going to do, I might finally have the second-third-fourth-whatever-number-this-is draft for my story nailed down. That's been a lot of the problem. I've got the characters all ready, they just needed a fitting plot, and none of the ones I've come up with have really panned out. Hopefully this time, this will be the one that sticks. I suppose I should also clarify that I'm ok, health-wise. I finally have some answers and can get the treatment I need and hopefully finally be don...

Music of 2017 - Summer Edition

Every now and then I like to post music that I've been listening to. Some of these almost obsessively. - 'Too Late for Lullabies' - James Morrison. I'm kind of a sucker for raspy voices. I'm pretty sure I listened to this song on repeat for a couple of days after I discovered it. - Sherlock Series 4: the Final Problem - David Arnold & Michael Price. Particularly 'She Was Different' & 'Who You Really Are'. The violins. So beautiful. - 'Dare Ya' - Carly Pearce - 'Blue Beard' - Band of Horses - 'Take it All Back' - Judah & the Lion - 'Wait' - NF - 'Alone With You' - Canyon City I also created a playlist of songs I used to listen to back in high school. Some of the 'highlights': - 'Definitely Maybe' - FM Static - 'I Don't Wanna Be' - Gavin DeGraw - 'Photograph' - Nickelback - 'Stop and Stare' - OneRepublic - 'Bad Day' - Daniel Powter -...