Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Two Things


First- Writing short stories is a lot of fun. I keep telling Donna that I'll eventually work on a short story that I love enough to develop into a full-length novel, but it hasn't happened yet. So, I keep writing short stories. Two things I've realized while writing are: a.) short stories don't write themselves. I still have to put some time and effort into them and it has taken me much longer to write one than I thought it would. And b.) writing short stories is a great way for me to practice important aspects of my writing such as meaningful character and plot development as well as good pacing and development of scenes.

Second- Dessert for breakfast = a happy morning. My sister shared a recipe with me recently that almost made me swoon. It's an Italian dessert called Pasticciotto. Essentially, it's a pastry cream pie. If you love pastry cream, then this is the dessert for you!

Happy Tuesday!

6 comments:

  1. Funny how we still have to put in the effort even for the short stories :)

    The pastry looks divine. How'd it taste?

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  2. It was fantastic! It's all I can do not to eat the last two pieces.

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  3. color me jealous of the pastries. Keep working on the short stories. There awesome.

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  4. And by "there" I'm sure Donna means they're. But give the girl a break. I happen to know she's tired :)

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  5. Can't wait to read your short story, and don't just tease us with the pastries. How bout a recipe?

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