Preserve Your Story {31 Days} Archives

Thirty-Thousand Words Later {Preserve Your Story Wrap-Up}

by Darcy Wiley | Dec 2, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

We started out October with “Preserve Your Story” at the top of the to-do list. Two months and some thirty-thousand words later, we’re looking back on what we’ve learned together, from the inspirational to the practical. Thank you for all who...

Sealed with a Book {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 31}

by Darcy Wiley | Dec 1, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

Dry summer that it was, there was still something to celebrate come fall. The fields and orchards gave a smaller harvest, but a harvest nonetheless. And so, she gathered a basket of Indiana apples under withered leaves and cooked them slow. She drove to my place with...

On Paper, Real Life…and giveaway winners! {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 30}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 30, 2012 | Buttons & Thread, Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

I had a simple plan for Thanksgiving weekend. I’d bake a dozen biscuits, simmer a batch of fresh pumpkin butter and head over for a hearty meal with the extended family. We’d settle in for good conversation on the couch while the kids burned off energy, sure to...

Friends of the Fiction Writer {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 29}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 28, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

Tomorrow night, I head down to college town to hang out with some of my favorite lit lovers. He runs the underground archives of the university, the ones he designed and organized himself. She’s a librarian who teaches librarians. And I get the privilege of listening...

A Mini Readership {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 28}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 27, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

I found myself scratching my head at the end of the story. It had looked like a good one to my son when he picked it out at the school library. How could it not be with a title like Pancakes for Supper? The illustrations were rich and colorful. The main character was...

Drafting with the Pack {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 27}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 26, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

I step over kid art and toys, all the things that have migrated from their appropriate spaces throughout the house to the communal space here. The counter top, my domain isn’t much better, a mix of junk mail and pans soaking in soapsuds, all waiting for me to get...