Temporary? Insanity

I haven’t written the intro yet but my work in progress is all about choices. You, the reader, get to make them. It’s rough. I haven’t included much description yet (I was having too much fun with the dialogue) and I think it’s missing a scene or two, but here is chapter one…
Choices

So a couple months ago while I was languishing on my parents’ couch on bed rest, I came to a decision. Despite the fact that I yearn to write, become the most mopey and miserable of mums when I don’t, and that I’m determined to be a published author someday, I decided it just “wasn’t the time.” To everything a time and a season I told myself. Now is the time for homemaking and child rearing[...]

I won’t claim that I never thought to apply that word to myself because, humility aside, I’ve been hoping and striving towards that goal. Today is the first time and I feel gleeful and, truth be told, a little sick.
I haven’t worked much in the short story medium, and the end result was odd. It reads rather disjointedly and the overall effect is quite disturbing, but thankfully that seems to be what Noctober was looking for[...]

In the increasingly long and drawn out saga of Kim-Trying-to-Figure-Out-how-to-Grow-as-a-Writer, there has been yet another epiphany/ah-ha! moment.
I decided to conduct an experiment. I selected a handful of books from my personal library, books that I tend to read over and over again. I picked up each in turn, read the first chapter, then put them down again. And then I waited. And waited. All the while feeling this gnawing in the pit of my stomach.[...]

I didn’t think it would be easy. I have my issues with not thinking things through, but this was something I thought I had pretty well figured. Writing a book was going to be hard work. When I was ten years old and writing simple stories about fairies or mermaids, or little blue men who live under the earth’s crust, I may have thought it would be easy. Everything seemed so achievable back then. You[...]

I had to look up “Casbah” because I had a sudden attack of nerves. What if Casbah doesn’t mean what I think it means? What if I’m unwittingly cursing in a foreign tongue? Heck, I don’t even know how to curse in English!
Turns out Casbah refers to the Citadel of Algiers. You feel enlightened now, don’t you? Just one of the many services I provide here at Temporary? Insanity. You may applaud if you[...]

*UPDATE* A big thank you to everyone who’s offered their input thus far. I’ve received some great insights and suggestions. I truly feel so grateful for the new perspectives I’ve been blessed with. I’m going to spend the next few days reformatting and rewriting several bits, and will post the updated version later in the week.

This week’s Talk it Up Tuesday is devoted to the new zine Noctober. It’s the brainchild of the lovely Rebecca Weybright, who has kindly consented to answer my inane questions and give us some insight into her newest project. I simply love that feeling of being a small part of something from the very beginning, and look forward to becoming one of Noctober’s most ardent fans.
So Rebecca, I think the first question that comes to mind for me[...]