(DA) Random Acts of Kindness

These are the little things we do for other people, like buying a coffee for the next person in line, or smiling at the other people on the bus, or complimenting someone when they deserve it. Thank you cards on desks, and post-its with words of encouragement also fall under this category. These are just SOME of the ways that the charity "Random Acts" has taught me to brighten someone else's day.

But today I was rendered speechless with the random act of kindness that happened to me. A card arrived in the mail with an 'anonymous' donation made to the MS Society of Canada on behalf of my 2014 GISHWHES team.

It was the sweetest thing, and left me feeling truly touched by the thoughtfulness and generosity of these kind strangers.

-Brandolyn

(DA) Keep on writing

I'm struggling to pull myself away from the computer to stop writing at the moment. It's really great after the past few weeks without any creative inspiration, but it's tough to prioritize cooking, cleaning and exercise when all I want to do is write.

Oh the creative challenges. Hahaha.

Sometimes I can`t write at all, other times I don`t want to stop.

-Brandolyn

(DA) And it hits

Inspiration has struck again!

I've spent most of my day scribbling away in my notebook during bus rides, subways rides and wait times at the Doctor's Office. It's been a VERY productive day (at least with my writing). Yesterday was productive with cleaning and cooking, but today was creatively productive and I have missed that.

I have a few chapters for a new Sherlock Holmes story, AND a new chapter in my book.

I got over that writer's block and am making up for lost time!

-Brandolyn

(DA) Doctor Who: Deep Breath Review

Check it out >>>HERE!<<<

-Brandolyn

(DA) I need a bookshelf

I already have a bookshelf and it's full.

The problem I run into is that there's no order to the books shelved in it. I want a bookshelf dedicated to my writing. I could fill shelves with my notebooks, sketchbooks, binders of loose papers, and research. I would love to have them all easily accessible. instead of tucked into corners between my bed and beside table, piled high and deep enough that I can't tell which binder is where. It's so hard to find my drafts that I give up before I even try to look for it.

Besides my writing, I have WAY too many books piled around my apartment. (and I;m far too attached to them to get rid of any.)

-Brandolyn

(DA) Midnight Inspiration

It's sad to acknowledge that when I'm lying in bed unable to think because too many thoughts are running through my head that I try to write my story and immediately fall straight to sleep.

That's not a good sign.

What's comforting about that is that I know it's not that the story is boring that I fall asleep, but that the story is so easy to drift into. (That's a very good sign.)

I've been stuck on a continuity error and unable to fix it for the better part of a month, and last night in the final moment before unconsciousness took hold of me completely, I solved it.

I wasn't awake enough to tell myself to wake up and write it down. So naturally, I had forgotten that I had fixed it until driving home from the dog park at 7:30pm today. Then it hit me "I solved it!" But I couldn't remember how.

It took a lot of effort, but I finally followed the trail of my scattered brain and remembered how I strung the sequence of events together effectively and interestingly. And I'm thrilled!

I can't wait to keep writing!

-Brandolyn

(DA) The ROM

I got to spend the evening with my bestie exploring the Royal Ontario Museum. I barely read any of the information on the walls, and looked at the all the amazing displays.

I was hoping to get some writing inspiration from the history and glimpses into different time periods, but was unsuccessful. However, I had a great day with my best friend AND got lots of inspiration for drawing!

I have quite a lot of pictures I'm going to use as drawing references in the near future and I'm very excited about them. Hopefully my drawing will inspire my writing in turn.

-brandolyn