Beginnings (a writer’s craft post)

The first few words are the hardest to write–and the most important to get right

So as you may know, I am currently living in a tent.

Happily Flarey Ever by Kirsten Mortensen
What I’m working on — when I am near an electrical plug :)

Most of the time. The routine my sweetheart and I have fallen into, since we sold our house and moved, is about five days in the tent, then two or three nights in a hotel or AirBnB.

I am loving it. My sleep quality is the best it’s been in years. Not sure if it’s the fresh air or the hours (we are basically sleeping sunrise to sunset) but I am feeling so rested when I wake up, almost every morning.

And being immersed in nature for hours and hours every day is pretty amazing as well.

That said, both of us work, so we need to connect to the Interwebs and recharge our devices every day. So rather than brew coffee in the wild, we’ve been driving into town every morning to one of several different coffee shops.

And as I’ve settled into this routine, in addition to my contract writing work, I’ve been editing Happily Flarey Ever — the third and probably last of my Marion Flarey books.

Specifically, I’ve been working on the first 3-5 pages.

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