That was my hotel room in Santa Fe!
*swoon*
@mizgolightly.bsky.social
#Author scribbling in longhand. Reader. Daydreamer. Wanderer. I #amwriting #amediting #amquerying #WritingCommunity A New Orleanian wherever I may be. Copyedits made in purple pen. Opinions, I have a few= And they're absolutely positively solely my own.
That was my hotel room in Santa Fe!
*swoon*
Howdy, writers!
Been yearning for a lil NaNo-type camaraderie? Welp. I returned from Santa Fe inspired!
I'll be holding limited-invite Zoom "Writing Campfire Seshs" throughout November. The first will be Tuesday, Nov 4th from 7-10p central US.
If you're interested, please reach out for details βΊοΈ
Alrighty, y'all...
Are y'all are up to speed? #SubmissionSunday means:
Set aside however much time each Sundayβ5, 15, 30...120 minsβto submit your #shortstories, #flashfiction, #CNF, and #poetry to your favorite lit mags/zines.
(Me? I'm ready for @onestorymag.bsky.social to open for subs, mmkayπ)
Welp. Looks like Aimee Mann is coming to Minnesota to kick off this yearβs birthday shenanigans! Thatβs boss because sheβs boss π€©
13.10.2025 01:49 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I hadnβt heard of it before you shared it! But I think, as MizGolightly, itβs my absolute duty! Thank you π
02.11.2025 13:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh my! Over on FazebΓΌk, I just posted my latest concoctionβan Earl Grey martini with rose-flavored vodka that I call a Smooth Operatorrrrrr. I'm working on a coffee table book of signature cocktails!
02.11.2025 04:34 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Watching AUNTIE MAME, at the moment, so (somehow) your update feels quite timely!
01.11.2025 18:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Welp. Y'all see how Aimee shuffles up a lot for me, because, Magnolia...but honestly, this is where she and I started. She'll be in Minneapple exactly one week before my birthday. Hmmm:
Today on the Shuffle Up:
Voices Carry by 'Til Tuesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejh...
Working on a #moodboard for my current #WIP:
What do you think itβs about, based on these images? π
#novel #literary #fiction #stories
Home at last, chilling, musing, and reflecting, for many reasons. Then, this:
Tonight on the Shuffle Up:
Instant Karma by John Lennon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7k...
π
29.10.2025 00:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have pistachio syrup, and lemme tell yaβsteam some milk and add a few drops. Happiness in a mug π΅
28.10.2025 12:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Garryβ¦it was beyond words π₯Ί
28.10.2025 12:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Fair enough! I like pistachios, but I do understand π
28.10.2025 12:35 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0ππ
28.10.2025 10:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good morning, Steve!
28.10.2025 10:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Recently decided to just go crazy (a lil Prince humor)βlemme tell ya, this is the least bit of change to emerge out of my trip to Santa Fe!
28.10.2025 10:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Good morning, Garry!
Iβm going to greet the day with one of my new favorites: a pistachio mocha!
Now, letβs be careful out thereβ¦
Made enormous headway on my new novel-in-stories while in Santa Fe. Iβm talking βIT ALL FELL IN PLACEβ-level ridonculousnessβ¦
If you donβt know, this is my second at bat with this #WIP
βlost my first longhand draft in an airplane seat pocket π€¦π»ββοΈ
Yβall. I can now say βLosingβ = best mistake ever! π
Welp. I do not have toothpicks to prop my eyelids open. Hence, sleep is nigh (no promises on potential duration). In the meantime, I shuffle into slumber. This is my bonsoir, mes amis:
Tonight on the Shuffle Up:
Sign Your Name by Terrence Trent D'Arby
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluH...
Choose one film each from 50 great directors. Name the film and director, with a still.
27/50
Film: My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Director: Gus Van Sant
#filmsky #filmchallenge #films
(See also: y'all know I'm not stopping at fifty, right?)
20 albums that have stayed with me or influenced me. One album per day for 20 days, no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#Music
Truly # whatever/of however many, this may go on awhile (and step lively off my page if you don't like how I music π€¨)
I'm playing "Choose However-Many-Books-I-Feel-Like-Y'all-Know-I-Don't-Color-Within-The-Lines that have stayed with you or influenced you."
Just a book per day for 20 days, no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
[#books]
[#booksky]
[#amreading]
[#booklover]
[ππ]
Day 111:
Teeheee. I'm going to end the day with a lil sumpin new:
The Day-Rate-o-Meter-per-the-Chronicleβs-Little-Man
Today =
Welp. Tonight shuffle play seems to have an agenda. But, taking copious notes as I see an entire playlist emerging:
Tonight on the Shuffle Up:
If You Want Me To Stay by Sly & the Family Stone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpUC...
I have a mansion
forget the price
Ain't never been there
they tell me it's nice
I live in hotels
tear out the walls
I have accountants
pay for it all
They say I'm crazy
but I have a good time
I'm just looking for clues
at the scene of the crime
Life's been good to me so far
youtu.be/_zKGs9ZAOww?...
Iβm leaning Kerouac, lol π
28.10.2025 00:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So, one great thing is how you can catch a snippet of conversation between passersby and have a whole story spring to life.
Example: βSo, if youβre gonna hop a boxcarβ¦β
Aaaaaand, go!
Oops π¬
Sheep π
Hi, goats! π
Hi, to you, too, Garry! π