Feb-write-ary, Springtime Dreams and Art ~

Do you like quiet and turtle-paced days?  

I adore them.

  I love days at home, reading, dreaming of warm spring days and long hours in the studio cutting, painting and writing short stories to go along with my art.

As some of you already know, I often write short stories that correspond with my collage pieces.  With the slower days at Winter's end upon me, I find myself drifting, concentrating less on my writing and more on my garden planning.

So....to keep me in line, I've decided to sign up for Feb-write-ary.

Feb-write-ary is a write-a-thon hosted by The Crumbling Spine (my daughter).

With my word count goal at only 5,000 words, I think this will be a great way for me to write the 4 or 5  short stories that I need to write and 5,000 words is a realistic count! :-)

While preparing for Feb-write-ary, I've kept busy with other goodnesses too.

Baking.

Valentine's Day cupcakes ~ 

Playing with my puppies.

Artist in Residence ~

Trying new things.

Cappuccino Stout (who knew it would be so delicious?) ~

Stopping to ponder and appreciate the things that I hold dear.

This Three Little Pigs flowerpot was given to me by a long-gone friend.

I am over the moon in love with this vintage piece ~

There is always time to listen to music...

 the notes and chords that blend and mix my life with my art ~

  Creating foxy paper dolls that will soon be adhered to my collage world. 

Meet Mr. Jubal Stepp ~ 

Do you dream of flowers?  

I do.

I dream of purple lovelies on a rustic fence ~

The spicy and exotic scent of Plum blossoms ~ 

Confetti pinks and blues make me hopeful.

Future Nectarines and ethereal skies ~ 

...and, I count the days until the annual Sweet Pea patch gifts me with countless bouquets ~ 

I cherish my time in the studio.    

My work?  My play?

Who can tell the difference anyway?

Works in Progress ~ 

These two pieces have been listed in my Online Shop ~

"Jubal's Gift to Lucy"

"The Keeper of Odessa's Hymn"  (Sold)

This piece can now be purchased in a Print Version AND, it's also the $10.00 Daily Special 

So...as you can tell by this blog post (probably by all my blog posts), my mind tends to scatter.

Meandering and jumping from one idea to another.

One dream to another.

Knowing that I truly need to get my short stories written, Fe-write-ary is just the thing I need.

Once the write-a-thon is over, I'll share the stories along with their corresponding art right here on my blog.

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

"The Crumbling Spine" ~ My Daughter's Book Blog.

 Have I told about my daughter?

No?

(This is my daughter with Laini Taylor, author of "Daughter of Smoke and Bone.")

Well, I try not to talk too much about my kids online, because honestly, they prefer that I don't.  

This...this is something that I want to share.  

This is my daughter's new book blog ~

The Crumbling Spine

It is newborn and she is still working on the layout and design, but she's already started posting reviews and amazing interviews.

Do any of you enjoy reading "YA" fiction?  There are many adults that enjoy reading Young Adult books.  I like them myself.  They are often grittier than adult fiction and they can speak to me as the 18 year old girl I used to be ~

I am amazed by her writing style.  Her reviews are clean and to the point without being too long.

Because of our location, she is able to make contact with a lot of authors.  She has met many of the top YA authors and sees them often.  Even to the point that they recognize her  and know her.  Because of this...they grant her interviews!!

I can't believe it.  My daughter is interviewing authors!

Veronica Rossi

Brodi Ashton

Jodi Meadows

Marissa Meyer

And for those of you who may have read "Shatter Me" and the newly released "Unravel Me" by Tahereh Mafi ~

you might be interested in this interview ~

Kenji Kishimoto

Yep,  she even scored an interview with Kenji Kishimoto (Tahereh)!

She has an inbox full of more interviews and many more books to review.  

In all of her busy-ness and blogging and interviewing and attending author events, she's also writing several books herself.  

Let me say this...and I say it not as her mom but as a rabid reader myself ~ I will buy her books when they are published.  
I know the plots and I know the characters and I know her writing style.

No doubt in my mind...her books will be published.  :-)

So....if you like YA Fiction, please check out her blog.

xoxo

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World