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When I write, I draw on my experiences as a woman with a painful past, a rapturous wife and mother, a world traveler, and a spiritualist. For me, writing is an art form. Like an artist, the work becomes more than I imagined it would be. When I set out to write a story with a particular idea or character in mind, words I cannot claim as my own flow from a magical and mysterious place through me and onto paper. The work takes on a life of its own; it is living art. The process fascinates me, satiates me, and makes my life more meaningful. Please read my stories! If you would like to offer me feedback on my work, please click here and sign up for a free membership: https://heftynicki.Writing.com I hope to see you there!
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*Star*In 2011, my main focus will be on writing a novel. Since I'm a novice novelist, I've decided to come at the project from different angles, exploring the genre and experimenting with its elements. This blog and its offsite sister blog will be my journals where I attack novel-writing one day at a time.

As I was creating my BlogSpot page, the inspiration for the blog solidified in my mind. I named that blog "One Significant Moment at a Time." In essence, I want to use the format as a reminder to walk through my life with my author's eyes open, taking in the details, feeling the emotions of the day. As moments unfold and I feel their affects on me as a person, a woman, a mother, a sister, a member of the world community, I'll let the writer in me talk about it.

Creative Nonfiction is the genre most fitting to describe what I envision accomplishing here, moreso than blogging or journaling. The style is best suited, I feel, for my ambitions as a novelist.

In addition, Friday entries will not be written by me. Instead, I'll turn the keyboard over to one of the characters in my novel. He or she will relate the events of the day as s/he saw them, through the filter of his or her perception.

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April 1, 2011 at 8:58am
April 1, 2011 at 8:58am
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The A-Z Blogfest is finally here! This blogfest is on Blogger.com, and the gist is participants pledge to post on their blog every day in (the first 26 days of) the month of April. The first post must be about anything that begins with the letter 'A'. April 2nd's post will be about any topic that begins with 'B', and so on.

'Cause that’s how we roll, my off-site cyber-BFF Jessica Bell  Open in new Window. and I have teamed up -- once again -- as writing partners. We decided to challenge ourselves with identical A-Z prompt words.

Together, we created our list of twenty-six nouns, all of which are emotions. Each day, we will each write a paragraph showing a character feeling that emotion. It’s going to be fun for us to read what the other has come up with! And, hopefully it will be fun for our blog visitors, too.

Here’s how we want to draw you into our little fest: Say, for example, the prompt for A (today) was 'Acceptance' (it's not, btw). You read my post, and then, awesome reader, you have the opportunity to GUESS in the comments what emotion my character portrayed. After, click the link at the bottom of my post to visit Jessica’s blog and read her paragraph. Still think you guessed the right emotion, based on her flash? We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

Here's my 'A' Entry:


Caty screamed, at the pain, at the pain. Relentless, it crashed in overlapping waves, drowning every corner of her mind and every inch of her body. The world was one, giant, cruel vortex, pulling her down, down and inside-out. She gasped, gulping the air, and screamed again. From somewhere Gary’s voice floated, reminding her to pant. She spat a string of stinging obscenities at him. Another voice, commanding, insisting, announced that this was "it." The voice called her name, twice. It ordered her to focus now, now; now you push. Harder, Caty. That’s it, here she comes, Caty. And Gary’s voice coached in her ear; his gentle hands held her under the arms, pushed forward on her back, his strength seeping through her skin and into her soul. And she was one with the pain, the pain was one with her.

Gary eased Caty back against the pillows, as the doctor laid the baby in her arms. Giant navy eyes stared up at her. Caty stared, stared back. The pain was gone. Gary wiped a stringy strand of hair to the side of Caty’s brow, and a tear fell and mingled with her sweat when he kissed her forehead. She couldn’t think, couldn’t process what her eyes saw, her ears heard, her heart felt. Her daughter was here, she was her. She was the most beautiful thing Caty had ever seen, and she was really here.


So, can you guess the emotion (a noun) depicted in this piece that begins with the letter ‘A’? (Hint: Our 'A' prompt word is depicted in the second paragraph, but I can think of a couple emotions that start with 'A' that are appropriate for the first. Guess at both, if you like!) All guesses and thoughts in general are welcome! And please shoot over to Jessica’s blog to read her interpretation of our ‘A-prompt word. Here’s the link!  Open in new Window.


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