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#ScribesAndMakers Do you see art in everyday objects?

Some of the art from my chapbooks of haiku…

Poŝtmarkoj el Esperantujo you can read for free via Google Books. The others are available via Amazon.

#KpopMonday #LetItSnow SUPER☆GiRLS / 夜空にMerryX’mas https://youtu.be/7YVQoZOBlW4

Thanks to all the #wss366 folks who came to our solstice meet up. I'm very gratified to have met all of you and to get to read your writing. Getting to chat with you in real time adds yet another dimension to the experience that I will always treasure. Thank you!

There's a new kind of sloppy writing… Or, why I don't use AI. https://stevendbrewer.com/sloppy-writing/

Waiting for the winter solstice sunrise at the #UMass Sunwheel. #SilentSunday #WesternMass

Bob and Al carried their drinks down to watch the sun set over the ocean. Shades of orange and red crept across the sky as the sun sank down toward the horizon.
"Today was a #perfect day," Bob sighed, sipping his rum punch.
"I dunno," Al said. "Just another beautiful day in paradise…" #wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub Do your stories come to you fully formed? Or do they only develop along the way?

I generally start with a character or a setting — rarely a whole scene — and then I start to write and see what happens. This was how I did all my writing originally.
I started to worry that I would write myself into a corner and began outlining to create a set of guardrails. But I found that I would still crash through the guardrails as I wrote. The outline still helps assuage my anxiety though.

From *Lady Cecelia's Trial*, Part 6 of *Lady Cecelia's Journey*. Subscribe to my newsletter for updates when it appears: https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

That night, Cecelia removed one of the boards supporting the mattress from her bed and made a ramp from the ground along the wall to the rim of the trash can. She dropped the last of the breadcrumbs inside. That night, she heard a thump and then a scrabbling sound from inside the trash can. She sprang up, placed her water glass over the mouse trapped inside and then concealed it using the crumpled up papers. She smiled to have part three of her plan now in hand. #wss366