Harriet, I sold a story called "Halloween Hoodlums," about a woman martial arts lady who comes across teenagers on Halloween night, wanting to steal her car. But she kept her cool, she gave them her keys, but they couldn't drive stick shift!
They left suddenly, she called 9 - 1 - 1 and her deceased DH's police partner comes. Later, her old Bfriend from college shows up, she starts reminiscing about getting back together with him, when her policeman dfriend comes by. Her Bfriend from college, acts too weird, immediately leaves, on his motorcycle, and she hears sirens. Her police friend recognized her Bfriend from college days, as being wanted. She goes back into the house and she and her police friend start reminiscing about her old DH and her police friend talks about retirement and the farm he's purchased just outside of town. At the end of the story, they're talking all about the farm, what they want to make for changes, so her adventure story, with the teenaged thugs, turns romantic. It's a confessions short story.
The other story I sold the other day was "Alone at Thanksgiving- Shunned by Family." It's a Nov. story and the titles are sometimes changed. It's about a young bride, shunned by family at her summer wedding, and over the months, leading up to Thanksgiving. Her step-sister's the only one who came to her wedding. Her GAunt, GUncle, Dmom and Dstep-father didn't come. She's very hurt. But at the end of the story, she finds out how her Dmom has rapidly advancing Alzheimer's, doesn't know her anymore, and Daunt was trying to save her the pain, so wasn't coming around with Dmom. Dmom goes into a special facility to take care of her, the main character gets pregnant, Daunt, Duncle, Dstep-father and half-sister are thrilled and say it's about time some good news comes to the family. So, at the very end of the story, it says something about Thanksgiving? We're alone no more, or something to that effect. It's also a confessions story. I sell to True Story and True Confessions. But I like to shake things up with strong female characters who save the day, are brave, and fearless, always solving their own problems and coming out on top. I like adventure, light romantic and inspirational stories, too, which I also write for the confessions market. I write about families, singles, young married, or widowed elderly people. It's fun to write about all ages and put myself into their place, as everything is first person POV.
I didn't get a chance to crochet today.
One old forum I belonged to, for SHE's, had a "Writer's Accountability" thread. It was fun to chat about writing, 1 lady was a children's book author, 1 lady wrote stories, too, and 1 gal did the NANO, in November program where you write a novel in the month of November. The problem with that, for me, is how Thanksgiving's that month and also, my crocheting for Christmas is front and center, so there's no way I could write an entire novel for November and get it done. I do well, just by getting 2 stories off that month.
It'd be cool if there was a writer's thread here, but I don't know what it'd go, or if there would be that many interested. I think there's RR who writes.
Kathryn writes sermons, and others must write poems or something.
I think it'd be fun.