Good morning! The neighbor’s cat has found an unusual place to take a nap this morning. The birds aren’t thrilled, and you can hear them chittering in the background, but she doesn’t care. Cats sleep wherever they like. Well, after a less than spectacular start to spring with an April snowstorm, it seems as ifContinue reading “This, That, and the Other Thing”
Author Archives: Susanne Matthews
IWSG Blog Post for June 2024
June 5 question – In this constantly evolving industry, what kind of offering/service do you think the IWSG should consider offering to members? To be honest, I’m not sure how to answer this question. I suppose I use the IWSG simply as a means of reaching other authors struggling to make a name for themselves.Continue reading “IWSG Blog Post for June 2024”
Tuesday Tales: From the Word GUT
Welcome to June and this week’s Tuesday Tales where a small group of authors share excerpts from their works in progress with you. Our word prompt this week is GUT and I’m continuing with Listen to the Stones. Apologies since I’m a few words over. Enjoy! Turning off the taps, Jerome toweled dry, the strangeContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word GUT”
Body Betrayal: Broken Glass
I broke a wine glass last night. It was one of my favorites, a perfect match to the one on the left, and I loved it. Woe is me! It was also half-full of white wine and ice. It didn’t simply break at the stem. No, the glass shattered into at least twenty pieces, someContinue reading “Body Betrayal: Broken Glass”
Tuesday Tales: From the Word STIR
As the song says, the heat is on. It’s actually been warm enough to plant my flower baskets and clean my gardens. Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales, the blog where a small group of authors share weekly posts from the works in progress with you. I’ve been working on Listen to the Stones forContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word STIR”
Tuesday Tales: From the Word LEG
Welcome back to Tuesday Tales, the place where a small group of authors share their works in progress with you. Each scene is based on a word prompt. Today’s word is LEG. I’m continuing with Listen to the Stones. Marina locked her suite door once more, but instead of stepping away from it, she leanedContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word LEG”
Tuesday Tales: From the Word GLUE
Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. Our word prompt is GLUE. If you’ve been following these posts from Listen to the Stones, the story has moved on. I’ve been working on it, and I’ve finished several chapters since the last snippet I gave you. These images were said to have been taken in Montpelier, NewContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word GLUE”
Mother’s Day Without Mom
Today is Mother’s Day in Canada. It’s an annual holiday where our spouses and offspring are supposed to celebrate all the blood, sweat, and tears that go into being a mother. In the pictrue on the left, that’s me and my mother taken 66 years ago. How I hated what I referred to as myContinue reading “Mother’s Day Without Mom”
Random Questions on a Friday Morning
Good morning. Got my exercise this morning as you can see and now, after I recover, I’ll get to work doing more laundry and writing the final chapters of Listen to the Stones. This week was a busy one for me. Tuesday, I spent the day at a track meet. I wore a hat butContinue reading “Random Questions on a Friday Morning”
Tuesday Tales: From the Word BOIL
Welcome to May. Let’s hope Mother Nature is generous with her May flowers. A little consistent heat would be nice, too. It’s a bright sunny 64F today. I’ll take it. Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. My word prompt today is BOIL. I’m continuing with Listen to the Stones. Enjoy! He set his duffel bagContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word BOIL”
Living the Dream 