Haha! That's classic!
And yep, just a PM will do and I'll put it in the book (when I get around to making it).

:)

Most embarrassing moment.

When I was 9 or 10, mom took us to my uncle and aunts farm while they went somewhere. My aunt was my mom's identical twin.

Well my older brother and my two cousins and me were playing in the barn when we noticed a two by six plank propped up in the barn loft. What a wonderful sliding board that would make we thought. The only trouble, it wasn't slick enough.

We were not to be detoured, so we slicked it up with... Wait for it... Cow patties.

If you are not familiar with the term it is number two from a cow's point of view, that is if cows had to get permission to go to the bathroom.

It worked like a charm, that is until my aunt Cathy caught us.

She wouldn't let us come in the house, so she made us strip completely naked right there in the back yard. Then she brought out a tub of cold water for us. She saved the hot water for washing our clothes, which she started even before she started on us. We just stood there naked until she was ready to start scrubbing us down one at a time.

At least after we were clean she let us have a towel. We waited wrapped up in towels until our clothes were dry. I guess that was part of our punishment for making such a mess for her to clean up. By the way, Aunt Cathy had a washing machine, but no drier. She hung the clothes on the line to dry.

Hoping mom and dad wouldn't find out what we did was no use. Because none of us were allowed to come back into the house until our clothes were dry, which meant mom and dad were back before we could come in.

Thank goodness our parents thought our punishment was sufficient. In fact I think they all got a big laugh at our expense.

I noticed you had a quote from George Burns on the first page. My mom was somewhat of a Gracie Allen, so I guess I'll share a quick incident.

Mom's Inner Blonde

I grew up in New York in the '50s, '60s and '70s. No one had central air-conditioning like they do where I live now (Florida), and the summers could get ridiculously hot. During one heat wave, when the temperature stayed in the low 90s long into the night, my father, brother and I were sitting out on the sun-porch watching television. The floor out there was cool, painted cement sculpted to look like tiles (very popular back then), and my parents had indoor-outdoor furniture that was cooler to sit on than the brocade stuff in the living room.

Anyway, as we're watching - a ballgame, I believe - my Mom came out of the kitchen and stood at the door of the sun-porch. "I have an announcement," she said.

"Yes?" This was my dad, who had reluctantly torn his gaze from the screen.

"I broke a glass in the kitchen sink."

"Okay," he said. "Why are you telling us about it?"

She gave him a look of mild disdain and said, "Really Raymond! It's simple - I'm just warning you: don't go barefoot in the sink." She left.

We almost died trying not to laugh out loud and insult her, and I think my liver imploded.

Ah, that was Mom.

Hahaha love it, Judy! Definitely the kind of thing my Mum would say. Do you mind if I put that in the book? :)

Of course! It's awesome :)

You're back!
Thanks so much -- that means a lot coming from someone as talented as you :)

I don't feel so talented at the moment, life has gotten in the way and I haven't written in forever. Thought getting back here might get me going again.

Mmm, I'm a bit like that at the moment, too! I can't remember the last thing I wrote :|
I have three story ideas fighting for dominance in my mind at the moment, it's just the writing part that's not quite happening...

Nah, I did all this before I realised you could use gifs! I'm trying to find one I like :)

I found some really pretty ones from Studio Ghibli (Miyazaki movies). I had one as my background before the new season of Arrested Development came out.

Ohh thanks! They're hard to find these pesky gifs :/

All I do is google what I want to see as a gif - like "jellyfish gif" and then there is usually a tumblr link that has a bunch :)

I just updated my profile picture and all the gifs - you reminded me I hadn't done that in a while!

Yes - I definitely recommend that you add Croatia to your list - it's the most beautiful place! Also, it's joining the EU on July 1st so it should be easier to travel around after that :)

I think if you have three ideas for novels, that is much better than no idea at all - is it possible to combine two of them? Then you could use two ideas at once? Otherwise, I'd say just stick with one for a few months and see what happens - if nothing comes from it, try another idea!

A business degree is much more useful than a combined Art History and Film Studies degree - let me tell you! At least you're doing something that will help you get a good job! I wandered aimlessly for several years after Uni and only just discovered what I want to do last year - Publishing - thank you BookRix! :) I would definitely recommend adding some fun electives or take some writing/art classes in the evenings - anything to keep you feeling creative. Too much serious studying (especially business-type studying) is likely to put you in a coma - so you should definitely keep up with some creative writing exercises to make sure you don't rust over :)

Actually, all three of the ideas are or have been short stories here on BookRix! Short stories can be hard to write when you have so many things you want to pack in. So I thought turning them into full-length ones might be wroth a go :)

And yeah haha, I'm definitely going to go crazy with the electives. Only things I find interesting and awesome thank-you very much! Maybe something to do with film/media so it could help with my YouTube vlogs too haha ;)

My uni didn't offer studio art classes, so I was desperate for anything creative by the end - studying art and film but not actually being able to MAKE anything - I went crazy! I really wish there had been a photography or sculpture class :)

Good luck with the full length stories - You're a good writer though, so I know you'll be able to do it!

Let me know when there is anything I can read!

Aw thank you! ^-^