Okay, so maybe I spend too much time writing …. This morning I was awakened by a grandchild’s scream at a sibling and this is exactly what I thought …,. exactly … I saw myself typing it … “And she was rudely awakened from a sound sleep by a piercing shriek that turned her blood [...]
I should try to go to sleep. It’s 3:30 in the morning and my body is telling me it’s time but my mind is doing cartwheels and back flips all across the living room … off the couches and over the tops of lazy-boy chairs. I’ve just finished my second novel and there is no [...]
Oh wow! How exciting is this? I have been referred to as “Edna Henke, ardent author“! That just might be enough of a boost to keep me going even though I’ve hit an invisible wall the last few days with writing all over it that says, “None of what you are writing even makes sense!” [...]
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I do most of my NaNoWriMo noveling in the middle of the night when all is quiet. Thus I find it is 3:30 in the morning and I am struggling to put my characters to bed so they can’t continue to bang around and stir up trouble while I put myself to bed. I find [...]
This week I will be busy getting ready to go to Seattle. I fly up Saturday … without the man who has to work. It’s hard to leave my man home when I know he misses the kids as much as I do … but thank goodness he is encouraging me to go. All he [...]
By Edna Henke When he ran across the finish line, there arose a mighty din, For the little lad who finished last, yet tried so hard to win. The crowd went crazy cheering for this dusty little man Who didn’t have a chance for first no matter how he ran. The older boys were finished, [...]
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Spasm is a funny word but it’s not a funny sensation. When they hit in my back I wasn’t really doing anything strenuous, just standing up from my computer chair. I found myself about 5 inches from the seat … unable to get back down or finish standing up. No turning to the left or [...]
Something else I wrote a while back … June 18, 1999 Today I had a few minutes left of my lunch hour and decided to run to ZCMI and pick up a long skirt to wear to the family reunion Saturday. I really shouldn’t say “run” … because my left leg sports a cast that [...]
I wrote this a long time ago and thought It was something you might enjoy reading. Every now and then I will post some of my writings. I married a “fix-it” man. I discovered 6 weeks into marriage that if I can break it, he can fix it. And if he can’t fix it, it [...]
