Day 15 of the 2026 A to Z Challenge Blog for the Letter O

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Good morning. It’s raining again. Can you believe it? Six days in a row. We’re luckier than some places in the province and even in the city since we live at the top of a hill, but there are more than a few flooded basement around.

It’s hard to stay motivated these days, and just getting out of bed feels like a chore, but coffee in hand, I completed my routine, and I now have a little more get up and go, slowly, but any kind of forward movement is good these days.

I hit a glitch in Cold Heart and have to go back and fix it. Sometimes the characters drag me where I don’t want to go, and we have to talk it through. This is one of those times.

Today’s letter is O. I told you the second half of the challenge was harder. There isn’t a lot to be said for O other than the fact that it’s ocassionally confused with 0, zero. When I print out words and numbers, my O and 0 look exactly the same. They only look different in typed prose, so if I’m including a large number, I have to remember to his 0 and not O.

Actually, O is the first letter in ONE, not just a numeral but occasionally a modifier as in “One day, all of this will make sense, but that day isn’t today.” It also means individual, as in one of a kind. As in this is the only world we have, and we have to take care of it!

Take it one day at a time!

I came across this new to me literary term a few months ago, and I thought I would share it with you. I also found this meme about overthinking which is probably my greatest fault and why my charaters and I are at odds right now!

Are you an overthinker, too? Today’s song is definitely from the nostalgia coffer.

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Published by Susanne Matthews

Hi! I live in Eastern Ontario. I'm married with three adult children and five wonderful grandchildren. I prefer warm weather, and sunshine but winter gives me time to write. If I’m listening to music, it will be something from the 1960s or 1970s. I enjoy action movies, romantic comedies, but I draw the line at slasher flicks and horror. I love science fiction and fantasy as well. I love to read; I immerse myself in the text and, as my husband says, the house could fall down around me, and I’d never notice. My preferences are as varied as there are genres, but nothing really beats a good romance, especially one that is filled with suspense. I love historical romance too, and have read quite a few of those. If I’m watching television, you can count on it being a suspense — I’m not a fan of reality TV, sit-coms, or game shows. Writing gives me the most pleasure. I love creating characters that become real and undergo all kinds of adventures. It never ceases to amaze me how each character can take on its own unique personality; sometimes, they grow very different from the way I pictured them! Inspiration comes from all around me; imagination has no bounds. If I can think it, imagine it, I can write it!

8 thoughts on “Day 15 of the 2026 A to Z Challenge Blog for the Letter O”

  2. “like a herd of turtles”–love that. Husby and I wake up with “Get the ball rolling, Hector”, the only good line from a horrid movie I won’t even name.

    “Sometimes the characters drag me where I don’t want to go, and we have to talk it through.” Is that so true? It’s OK in the draft, which is where I am right now. Good post as usual.

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  4. I used to be an overthinker but I’ve learned it doesn’t actually help anything—it’s a bit like worrying. It gets you nowhere! I hadn’t heard of that word before either, Oronym? Cool!

    Hugs

    Suzy xx

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