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Deborah Hawkins, penned Debra Renée Byrd, began writing after a blank book project in elementary school and never stopped, fashioning stories based on her favorite TV shows and movies before creating more original works. She studied at the University of the Arts and Florida State University before settling down and graduating from Temple University. She now resides in her hometown of Dover, DE, where she spends most of her time at work or at church. She loves fantasies, superheroes, is a trekkie and a brown coat. She loves television and lives for Final Fantasy video games, having collected most of them. She has read a myriad of authors, and her favorite authors change whenever she finds a new book that changes her life... "When you can't run, you crawl. When you can't crawl...well, you know the rest." -Tracey, Firefly, "The Message"

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Friday Freeday: First Friday Back!

Good morning!

Now that the holidays are finally slowing down, I am returning to the blogosphere with full furce! I thought I would brag about some of the good things that have happened so far for me in 2014. ;)

I started a new Zumba class Monday morning, so I will have a little more cushion in my pocket. *phew* Thank God.

This started in 2013, but I taught 2 songs I arranged for the young adult ensemble I'm in. I love songwriting, and when there's a song that doesn't quite fit us, I'm glad to know I have the ability to make it fit. A guitar would make it fit even more, but none of us play. lol

I have a prequel for my fantasy WIP that came about because it's an inciting subplot for my WIP, and I wanted to write it. I woke up yesterday at around 5am and couldn't get back to sleep for a little bit because ideas were popping into my head! This is the second story I've started where I've forced myself to not worry about writing A-B-C-D and just write what comes to me no matter where it goes in the story. It's extremely liberating. I have A, U, Y, and Z. I know the gist of the other letters, but those parts were so clear, I couldn't keep them in my head!

So things are looking good so far, and I hope there is more joy to come for me, and for you. :D Song for the week: Jill Scott: "Golden"

7 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Eventually you'll get the whole alphabet.
You're a songwriter? Very cool.

Heather R. Holden said...

Sounds like your new year is off to a great start so far! So, so cool how you know how to write songs. Have fun with this new prequel idea of yours! :)

Jackie said...

I love when ideas pop up in my head!!! For me, it's hard not to act on them when I'm on another project, so sometimes, I just give in and go with it. :D

SC Author said...

You'll get it all! Good luck!

Deniz Bevan said...

That's great that you can arrange the songs - I wish I had some musical talent.
Funny, I'm starting a Tai Chi class on Thursday. yay for a new year!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, sensei!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Heather! Can't wait for Echo to return. *wink*