Living between the lines, writing between the reads.
My childhood friends lived in boxcars (The Boxcar Children), rode vacuum cleaners (The Wednesday Witch), and solved mysteries in old houses (The Hidden Staircase). Reading transported me from my ordinary life into worlds of adventure and wonder, and I experienced every emotion right along with them.
As I grew, my literary travels took me around the world and across time. I’ve lived the lives of royalty, renegades, and rogues, and stayed up too late chasing one more chapter. Eventually, I found myself passing those beloved stories to my children, watching their eyes light up the way mine once did. Today, my reading takes me into the darkest murders and minds of convicts and victims, but I still empathize with the characters.
But somewhere along the way, I realized I wanted to tell stories too.
It started with journaling, little reflections to make sense of life’s messiness. Stories and anecdotes about my children, family, and everyday living began to take shape. Blogging gave me a space to share those stories: funny, raw, and real.
Thanks for joining me here. I hope you’ll find something that makes you laugh, think, or feel a little less alone.
Vicky Edwards, A.A., CREA, B.S.G., M.S.E., M.A., M.F.A.
(Serial degree collector. Reader. Writer. MFA: all the craft, none of the “Dr.” drama.)
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I understand when you say you loose yourself in the book! I love reading to escape because the books take you to a place you couldn’t even imagine! I enjoyed the read!
I never met a person who can loose themselves in books but i’m very impressed. I can see that your life is very satiating and entertaining. I really wish i could pick up a hobby like reading books to increase my spellings, reading ability and knowledge. Everything seems to be together but its just not flowing, if that makes sense.
I find it hard to understand how come I cannot enjoy reading. I wish I could be like people like you but instead I’m more into math. It seems like reading is your free time, but mine for some odd reason is completing one of those difficult math problems.
I agree , reading and writing are ways to relieve stress. It often takes your mind off things and allows you to relax. I myself have gotten lost in a book and have forgotten all my worries. I enjoy reading your short stories because I can relate to a lot of them.
Thanks for sharing your web page with the class!!!! Keep writing as I look on the later pages they get better and better. I really enjoy reading, you should put longer and more recent stories up .
Great work by the way!
Before I started to read this one, I thought to myself how much I was enjoying reading these so far and would and want to keep up with the page. I used to love to write when I was very young. I would sell them to my family and neighbors for ten cents. Haha! I enjoyed reading all the time and first got to imagine how life was on the little house on the prairie through the books. Narnia was the most magical place I had ever been to and will probably always be. As an adult and a mom I feel I am just too busy and tired. Reading these make me want to just stop for a little while longer and read a little bit more to my children.