I've totally sucked at keeping up with my blogs, more or less visiting everyone else's blogs. I'm not sure what's the problem. It's not for lack of time. We're taking a break from school right now, so there's plenty of time. I just seem to be wasting it. On the good side, I have a couple of story ideas floating around in my head. That hasn't happened in awhile. I haven't written any of them down yet. They're still brewing in my brain, I guess — kind of like a bitter cup of coffee.
I'm also thinking of digging out Manny the Mountain Goat again and seeing what I can do with it. That was my very first story. It also got me interested in writing for children. Back in 2005 when we were still living in California, we came up to Montana on vacation. Upon visiting Glacier National Park we saw some mountain goats. It was then that I decided to write a story about one of them. It's still unpublished, but because it was what got me interested in writing, it has a special meaning. I need to dig it out and work on it again.
I've decided to start taking my little stuffed mountain goat on some adventures. Not sure if this will tie into the story or not, so time will tell. I bought him in GNP years ago, and right away, named him Manny. He usually sits on my dresser, but recently he took a trip up to Many Glacier and posed for some pictures. Sadly, he got left behind on our recent camping trip to Thompson Lakes State Park. That's okay though. He's all excited about going to Olympic National Park next month for Rick's birthday. Trying to keep him clean will be the real challenge!
I always think it's fun to revisit old works--I brought a MS to workshop this June--a book I hadn't picked up or worked on in YEARS and I think it can be salvaged!
ReplyDeleteOh, that's always great to hear, Melissa. It gives me hope! :) Good luck!
DeleteHe needs to go on some adventures with Mr. Sole Monkey! :D hee hee
ReplyDeleteI agree! I was just looking at the pictures of Mr. Sole Monkey the other day. Neil took a bunch of them one day with my camera. :)
DeleteMaybe he could be like the traveling gnome and have pictures taken of him from places all over the world!
ReplyDeleteThat's the plan ... or at least I'm hoping. I forgot to take him camping with us recently. I'll definitely take him to Olympic NP next month. :)
DeleteCute!
ReplyDeleteI revisited a few of my first stories, cleaned them up, revised, and they became my first two published by Meegenius! But they did need work!
That's great, Kelly. It's always encouraging to hear of first works getting published. It seems so often they're not the first ones to get picked up. When I look at my very first MS of this story, I just cringe!
DeleteFor what it's worth ...
ReplyDeleteManny has his own Instagram account now, so you can keep up with him there if you want to. He's listed as @mannythemountaingoat over there.