Thursday 8 July 2021

Be warmed by the fire within


I've been in s low mood this lockdown but when I sat down to write my Furious Fiction story on the weekend, that rapidly changed.

The story I wrote was silly and playful. It amused me while I tapped it out, and after I submitted it, I spent the rest of the day in a joyful mood.

The spark it ignited in my brain warmed me for the rest of the day.

It is not a winning story, I knowingly submitted it anyway but it fulfilled it's purpose. It gave me the buzz I needed. 

In writing, that is winning. 



 Linking with #HappyTuesday #WeekendCoffeeShare #Inspirememonday #SundayBest and #WritersDen

18 comments:

  1. "In writing, that is winning" - you are so very right!

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  2. I like this fire...it smells like a renaissance

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  3. I love your shots. Beautiful work :)

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  4. I'm glad your writings gave you a happier mood! I heard that even just forcing ourselves to smile and increase endorphins and make us feel better.

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  5. That's awesome! I like how you connected it to warmth by the fire. I'd love to know if your story was accepted. You can leave a comment on my blog if you remember. Thanks for linking on Amanda's Books and More!

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    1. I couldn't leave a comment on your blog. Will check again

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  6. Great shots, especially the last one. An unusual subject for monochrome but it really works!

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  7. Hi Lydia, good for you in submitting your story and I'm so pleased it gave you a buzz despite life being difficult at the moment. Take care and good luck x #weekendcoffeeshare P.S. I love a firepit!

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  8. Sometimes a low mood can be broken by doing something creative. Good for you! Regards Christina

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  9. Well done, Lydia. Keep on writing. Thank you for linking with #weekendcoffeeshare

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  10. I'm warm now! Thanks for your entry.

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  11. Lovely! A writer must write and that is satisfaction enough!
    Thank you for taking part in the "My Sunday Best" meme.

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  12. Hi Lydia.
    I think "Low Moods" catch up with all of us from time to time, but writing seems to always help. I was exhausted after work last week and decided to spend much of Saturday working on a story. I took several breaks to walk the back yard and rake a few leaves, but most of the day I was fingers on the keyboard fixing, rewording, completing and adding mental flavor to a new story that is getting close to being done. The thing is only 12-13K words but has a lot of timing things to work out and since it's hard SciFi, things have to be reasonably possible given current technologies and such. I actually spent some time checking out something on the periodic table of elements to make sure I had something right. Fun stuff and it put me somewhere out in the asteroid belt orchestrating a David v Goliath battle scene.
    It was so refreshing. . .
    How odd - huh?

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    1. I got Historical fiction in a recent writing comp and I discovered that I actually really enjoyed the research on that genre, and I imagine science would be the same. It's a really fun purposeful rabbit hole...

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  13. A good fire is most welcome when it's cold. I'll ship you down some hot weather we're having. I'm glad your writing. Good for you.

    Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. ♥

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