Wordy Wednesday: Non-Fiction Kitchen Floor

This is my kitchen floor.  For realz.

Okay, before you gasp or vomit or anything, please note that:

A) It's the part right underneath Batman's chair where there are lots of spills which my secretary (er, dog) subsequently covers with a layer of dog-licking-up-mess-spit.

B) After taking this picture, I did actually break out the mop.  Still, I consider myself brave for posting this horror here.

In sum, the non-fiction reality learned by this fiction writer is that you can't have it all (or at least, not all of it will be clean).  I may not be a domestic goddess, but I'm great at quoting cliches!

STOP MOPPING AND YOU COULD BE A WRITER, TOO!

Wordy Wednesday: LITERARY LINGERIE (ooh, curious?)

I work from home, part-time doing marketing for a trade book publisher, part-time doing freelance writing projects, and the rest of the time writing my fiction, blogging, and getting ready for the publication of my debut novel.  In sum, I spend a lot of time in my house.  Alone.  I have a repertoire of outfits I wear to sit solo at my desk.  They involve non-form-fitting, fuzzy-warm garments.  Here is one of my writing ensembles:

Another fashion favorite is my Costco powder blue fleece pajama set--too big since they were all out of my size but the price was so good!  I also have the fuzzy jacket and sweats pictured above in, well, a dirt shade of brown.  My husband has special names for my writer outfits, none of which are appropriate to note here.

Wordy Wednesday: A BATMAN BY ANY OTHER NAME

Just to catch up those not familiar with Batman...

Recently, Batman appeared on the steps in new regalia...

And advised me that he was now to be called "The Little Ninja."

In this photo, my son is wearing pajamas originally purchased for his sixteen-year-old brother, Winnie the Pooh underwear once owned by his ten-year-old brother, and honestly, I have no idea where the armor came from (probably some neighbor cleaning out their garage).  Also, he appears to be dressed as a knight.

I just said, "Got it, Little Ninja."  Because the kid never asks for new clothes and I've been a mom far too long to be duped into arguing with a five-year-old.

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