Guess what? In case you couldn’t tell from the prompt, I have a few secrets to share with you this week.
Before we start writing, here’s the first one:
Remember the hope*writers community I told you about recently? The one that only opens its membership every once in a great while?
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While you wait, take this fun quiz they created to help you Find Your Writing Stage.
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We gather every week around a one-word writing prompt, and free write for five minutes flat until we can’t feel our fingers anymore, then we share our beautiful, messy offerings. Sounds like fun, right? Right?
This week’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt is: SECRET
What comes to mind when you think of the word, SECRET? Share with us in five minutes or less!
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Setting my timer for five minutes, and . . . GO.
I’ve been wanting to tell you guys this for a while now:
WE’RE GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA!
We leave in exactly three weeks (on June 8th), and Lord willing we’ll be there until August 13th.
It’s our first time back in five and a half years, and if you’ve read my memoir, you’ll know that South Africa is home to my husband, a second home to me, and the birthplace of all three of our kids.
I can hardly contain my excitement.
We have so many things we want to cram into those nine weeks, but mostly we’re just going to sit on the stoep at my mother-in-law’s house and catch up on the past half a decade while flipping boerewors on the braai and drinking Appletiser and Schweppe’s Granadilla.
Related Post: 5 Years in America: A Reflection on Missing (and Not Missing) South Africa
Oh yeah, and I’ll be speaking four or five times around the country, so if you happen to be in South Africa, hit me up to see if we can connect in person while we’re there!
For those who are wondering about the future of Five Minute Friday during these next few months, have no fear: I’m planning to continue the regular link-ups by scheduling them in advance.
I just won’t be able to participate in the Weekly Twitter Parties in person while I’m gone — BUT . . . the lovely Anita Ojeda and Jeanne Takenaka have agreed to keep #fmfparty alive during June through August. Hooray!
Be sure to follow Anita Ojeda (@blestbutstrest) and Jeanne Takenaka (@JeanneTakenaka) on Twitter if you want to be part of the weekly Twitter parties at #fmfparty! A bunch of us gather on Thursdays from about 8:45-9:45pm EST.
Follow along while we’re in South Africa! I’m hoping and planning to post to my Instagram account as long as I have Wi-Fi access, but you can also find me on Facebook — I’m excited to share photos of our time there!
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Related Post: I Have a Secret
Recommended Reading:
Secrets of a Charmed Life
Read my review of Secrets of a Charmed Life here
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