Time Away To Write- Canmore

 This is the view from the balcony of the hotel room my wonderful son had booked for our stay. I'm so grateful for my amazing children. Now that they are older, they understand the past and financial struggles. As a single mother, I took them to Jasper almost every single summer. Now, they treat me with a wonderful trip and tell me. "Don't worry about it, Mom, we got it." I love this so much. I was able to fully relax.

Ignore the Esso sign, ha. Although it still gave the viewer some time, it was a simple character. This is where I sat on the mornings or evenings after a decent hike up mountains or around Canmore. 

When I wasn't sitting here, I took my notebook with me. Practising on my sixth sense while sitting on the grass or rocky ground of the mountain terrain. This was truly wonderful; I felt like I had reached a place I hadn't been in a long time. Felt overwhelmingly free. 

Did you go off somewhere different this summer and do some writing?

Explored a new place? 

New Pen Name! Kaye Archer

Kaye Archer

No, there is nothing wrong with my real name. It's just that I have found it is being overused more than I care for! Haha. When I look up myself, I see many women who are not me. Some of them are also self-published authors.

When working on my branding and writing career. 

So why Kaye Archer? Kaye is for the K, in Katherine, that is my full name. It is a lovely name for sure, but I will use it when I write more of my personal short stories, poems or non-fiction work. As time goes on, I will have more of them done and self-published.

Archer - I am a Sagittarius, full-heartedly. Dec 1st is my birthday. When you look up the fantastic qualities of this sign, I am every single one on the list. Focusing my attention on what I want and going for it. 

Kaye Archer is who I am as a writer in so many ways. Has an excellent ring to it as well for fantasy and fictional writing. 

What do you think? Do you have a pen name you are thinking of or would like to try?

 

Walking and Writing- Reading

🌳One old book and one new book. The blue notebook is one I ordered from the NaNoWriMo website a few years ago, when I reached 50,000 words. A treat for myself. I now use this book for my planner for the second book, Heirloom Lost Evacation. In it, I add pictures of my characters, both good and bad. 

💓Walking- While I go on walks, either in town or in my home forest. This is when my imagination goes wild! So now, I try to always take a notebook with me if I'm going on a longer walk with lovely views. When I go for walks, I daydream, and also end up where I didn't really mean to. Or I walk to where I meant to get to, but got there faster than I was expecting. 

When you go walking, do you find this happens to you as well?

🌳Writing in the forest- When writing in the forest, I try to make sure I have a decent place to sit. This spot in this picture is under my favourite tree, in my little magical forest at my parents' country home, where I grew up. The feeling of writing in a forest is so energizing for me. My soul craves it, so I try to do this as often as I can.

Do you have a favourite place you like to write at outside in nature?

Reading in the forest- I bought this book while my daughter and I were in Canmore, Alberta. The Physiophysics of walking by Frederic Gros. Ever since I was a young teenager. I'd pack my small pleather backpack with water, snacks and a good book. Walking to my favourite destination. Sit and read while the sun sets. One of my very favourite pastimes.