Knowing the outreach center was in west L.A., Quinn found it after only two searches.įinally acknowledging a Clinton Clark did receive occasional treatment there, the kind, but resolute center director, Vince, would not give Quinn any more information as he walked her to the door. This scene occurs after No Excuses but before the scenes with Quinn’s mother and brother, Good Morning, Mother and Hypocrite. Title updated from For Worse to Heartburn. My prize is a publishing package from the great folks at Standout Books, so I need to give them something to publish.įebruFelicia Denise 52 Week Writing Challenge, Family Situations, Illness, Standout Books, The Writing Cooperative, Winner 3 Comments “Thinking It Through”Įxcerpt from ongoing WIP. We’ve fallen back into our routines again, and it’s time to go to work. I was shocked, excited, and grateful… still am. Just hours after we lost my mother-in-law on January 12th, I received a congratulatory email naming me the winner of the 2017 52-Week Writing Challenge. I won’t say it was easy, but I never considered quitting again after that.Īnd it paid off… even if the timing wasn’t the best. That was the week I wrote Dumped, based on a true encounter I had with a homeless man when I was six months pregnant with HRH, the firstborn! So, when he called me out, what else could I do but write? This is the guy who thinks I write Victorian romances starring Fabio! God’s honest truth… I kid you not! Other than a couple of early story outlines, he’s never read a word I’ve written and probably never will. The oldest blindsided me with, “Is your weekly writing challenge done?” When the mister was finally discharged, I was ready to sleep for a week. Our three adult children took turns passing through and staying for a night or two with me until their dad was discharged. Time passed, and I submitted the two completed pieces to the challenge with no plans to continue. So, they’ll understand missed appointments, preoccupations with fictional characters, or if dinner is late… or pizza… again.īut we also keep family and friends in the loop because they’re our first level of support… and our biggest cheerleaders. Writers can be a quirky bunch, and whether we’re burning the midnight oil editing or rising before dawn to flesh out characters and plots, we make our families (and close friends) aware of our projects and schedules. I’d missed editing and publishing deadlines for my debut novel’s book two, no way could I also be stressed over a writing challenge. I had two submissions saved in Scrivener and decided after posting them, I was out of the challenge. Hello Reality check!īetween my husband’s hospitalization for a serious infection related to his ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) and me, getting hit with the mother of all Fibromyalgia flare-ups, I was done. I mentally reprimanded myself for fearing something which was too easy for words.Īnd then April happened. I threw caution to the wind and signed up and figured any amount of time in the challenge would be good practice and help me work out a writing regimen I could stick with. I wasn’t fond of writing challenges and had problems sticking with some which were only ten to fourteen days. When the Writing Cooperative announced their 52 Week Writing Challenge in January 2017, I thought long and hard about entering.
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