by marciadmin | Mar 18, 2022 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
What messages do your books give your readers? When I write books, I don’t start out thinking they’ll have a message. Honestly, it’s the character’s story. Any message that ends up in the book comes directly from the character/characters. And I’m usually just as...
by marciadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
Bill likes to push a some. This was a push. After the warmup, a swimmer in the lane next to me said, “If only we could do this entire workout as 25s.” I laughed and said, “Yeah, but you know Bill would make that hurt.” He laughed and agreed....
by marciadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog Hops, Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed Characters Describe a flawed character you might use in a story. How did they become so flawed? What part will they play in the story and what will happen to them? All of my characters are flawed. A perfect character would be boring. There would be no character...
by marciadmin | Feb 12, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
We had a packed three lanes today with five people in each lane. It was a balmy 75º. This is our annual week or two of summer in winter. While I enjoy it, hopefully, we’ll be back to cool temps and rain soon. 1 hour plus swim workout, Saturday swim with friends...
by marciadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
I came expecting Coach Rada and a stroke (IM) workout. Obviously, she wasn’t, but Coach Steve was. The fun thing about having different coaches is the variety of workouts we get. Each coach has a different style. Although Thursdays are usually stroke day, this...
