Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.
They cared enough to tell me when I was wrong and thus advised against my actions.
Author: L. M. Montes
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Walk, March, Dream by L. M. Montes
Walk–
with strides anew,
saunter–
just me and you,
linger–
and smell the dew.
March–
as off to war,
halt–
watch eagles soar,
remember–
it lives within your core.
Dream–
and do not die,
hope–
and fly up high,
achieve–
with goals decry.
Favorite Restaurant
Any Mongolian BBQ restaurants. I also like The Sassy Onion in Salem, Oregon, USA. Any top rated seafood restaurants are also my favorite.
10 Years from Now
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Three more novels written for a total of five. If I’m blessed with ten more years, that is.
5 Everyday Things…
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
Jesus, My husband and kids, writing, my cats, and reading.
High School Learning
For my junior and senior years in high school I went to the Rueben Daniels Lifelong Learning Center for the latter half of the school day. It was there that I learned more about dance itself beyond learning dance moves. I studied various choreographers, different styles, and a choreographer from New York City was a guest in our studio and taught us some dance steps. It was an experience I will never forget.
Positive Change
Describe one positive change you have made in your life.
Remarrying my first husband.
Adverbs and Your Writing
I have read quite a bit regarding the usage of adverbs when writing fiction. Most of what I’ve read says not to use them. Period. Yet, I still see adverbs in fiction. Can we catch them all. Hmm…maybe. I think the key is to go back through during your edits and look for those and those alone and nothing else. Yes, do an edit just for searching out adverbs in your writing. When you do your initial search for them, circle them, then go back through and rework the sentences they’re in so that they aren’t there at all.
What do adverbs do that are so bad? They make the writing sound amateurish and unprofessional, they take away from any real action going on, and they take away the show out of the “show don’t tell” rule. There are better ways to say/write something.
Example 1:
(with adverb) Jason stepped lightly across the room to surprise Jill.
(without adverb) Jason tiptoed across the room to surprise Jill.
Example 2:
(with adverbs) Max’s harshly spoken words undoubtedly jumpstarted angry thoughts within Jason’s own mind.
(without adverbs) Max spat his words out.
Jason glared back at him, as angry thoughts jumpstarted within in his own mind.
After reading each example, how does each sound to you? The sentence with the adverb doesn’t do much for the reader at all. Plus, the action that should be there isn’t because the adverb throws “water on it” so to speak. But, the examples without the adverb creates more feeling, action, and pictures within the reader and makes for a better reading experience. You may have to play around with the words and create more than one sentence when you move to fix it without the adverbs. That’s ok, as long as it sounds better. Hence, the “show don’t tell” rule.
Fun Way to Exercise
What’s the most fun way to exercise?
With music
Book to Read Over and Over
What book could you read over and over again?
I generally don’t read a book twice.
WRITE TIME AND AGAIN 