Dahlia DeWinters - Author

Quirky Heroines, Happy Endings

Football Friday – The Season Begins

Broncos vs Ravens

Photo – Ron Chenoy – USA TODAY Sports

And football season is upon us with a vengeance.  Super Bowl champs the Baltimore Ravens paid a visit to the Mile-High City for a rematch.  If you remember last year, the Ravens bested the Broncos in overtime to move on to the Super Bowl.  Mind you, the NFL Channel never let us forget it – I have seen enough replays of the end of that game to last me a lifetime.

I would venture to say that Peyton Manning and the Broncos gave the Ravens a bit of “get-back” last night.

Yes, the first half was slow.  A thirty-minute rain delay coupled with the slow saunter of the Ravens onto the field didn’t bode well for the Broncos, especially when it started to rain.  When the Ravens drew first blood with a touchdown, Broncos fans may have thought that the Super Bowl champs were back stronger than ever.

However, Peyton Manning is Peyton Manning and despite the absence of Von Miller on defense, Manning more than compensated with his passing game.  Wes  Welker showed his total catching abilities with nine catches for a total of sixty-seven yards and two touchdowns.

In addition, Demaryius “Only winners get wings” Thomas and Julian Thomas (no relation) combined for 181 yards to push the Broncos over the Ravens.

The most exciting second half I’ve seen in a long time.

And thank goodness, football season has begun!!

49-27 ……Broncos

Note: Peyton Manning ties NFL record with seven touchdown passes.

 

 

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Free for all Friday – Take A Bow

 

It’s Friday and I must say this has been some week. Despite the super high temps on Monday here in the Northeast USA, dental surgery and various family mishaps, I finished a story.  Finished.  Fin.

Now, the editing process begins, the tweaking, the second guessing, etc.  However, I will gladly embrace this part of the process because I am working on a finished product.

Finishing a piece, whether it be 3 k or 30k give me a sense of accomplishment that boosts my creativity for the next project.  Now, I don’t know whether that’s good or bad, but I’ve learned to carry a notebook in which I scribble bare-bones synopses (synopsisesss?) of upcoming stories.  In the time that I’ve been writing, I’ve learned a few things.

1) Have a couple of WIPs in progress (while you are working on one, your mind is going a mile a minute on the other.  Use the passive aggressiveness of your muse to your advantage)

2) Set a word count.  My goal varies between 1000 and 2500 a day. I have three children, so I can’t spend as much time in front of the computer as I’d like ot.  (See the little notebook)

3) When you get an idea ALWAYS WRITE IT DOWN (Did I mention the little notebook?

4) Whine to your author friends on Facebook.  Not only will they give you the support you need, you also see your whiny words in black and white and realize, “Wow, I’m really whiny! I could have written 200 words on my WIP instead of whining away like that!” (But one does deserve a whine post every now and again…)

So I’m already outlining the next story.  And have two other waiting for my attention.  I say I’m going into the weekend with a pleasantly full plate!

Blessings!

TSS