Good thing for your back. I had to pass a kidney stone before it got better for me. Haha. But I love the extended metaphor and thanks for the pep talk!

Aloysius, the bear in Brideshead Revisited. Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (from the mixed up files...). Jarndyce and Jarndyce...Bleak House. Gabriel Oak (Far From the Madding Crowd). Mr. Slugworth from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Zooey from...

Kamy - I'm so VERY sorry about your collarbone and pain. I am no stranger to pain. It's too bad they didn't give you dilaudid. That stuff makes everything okay.  Ah well.  I hope you are healing well.  When I write about something I don't know, I...

I posted it on here on my blog. I am keeping yours as a reminder on ways to recharge. :)

I love this as it expands on my previous blog post, too about defining what "fleshing out" is -- my number seven expands to tons of ways to get back to creativity. Thanks for posting.

Wonderful piece! Thanks for sharing your honesty and process.

So sorry about your fall, Kamy. Take good care and speedy recovery.

My memoir took off after a writing retreat, where I found a reading partner, and after I mapped out my novel on One Note (which others swear by Scrivener).  With the outline, I've been able to have a fluidity.  After a chapter is "Done" (ish) then I...