Morgan Longford
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Chapter One Done.
I finished my first chapter of my new book. I started it last week and finished it today, so I think this is my goal. To write at least two chapters a week, and posting them here one by one, and if I feel like throwing an essay or a poem or something in there from time to time, I can. I am my own boss and I make the rules. I also don’t know what this book will be titled and don’t think it will come to me until I get further into it, so Chapter One will have to do.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Chapters
I started writing a book today.
Linus April 23, 2023 Today I woke up and it was different. I’m just a dog, so there are some things I don’t understand, but I know when something is different. I can either smell, or taste, or feel the difference. And today something on my inside felt not normal anymore. It is not a bad feeling, and it doesn’t hurt but I know. This is how I know I am not a puppy anymore. When you are a dog, you are either Puppy for a lot of many years or Old. So, I think this means I am Old now.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Chapters
Notes on my first public appearance.
Photo by Redd F on Unsplash It felt weird to not write anything of consequence last week, after consistently writing for eleven weeks now (this is my twelfth, which feels like a milestone of sorts.) It was nice to just be present, to enjoy the time exploring San Diego with my husband, and to just check out from things for a few days, but it still felt weird, and I felt a little bit guilty. I don’t know where the guilt came from since I don’t technically owe anyone anything, I don’t have an editor or a deadline, and my two-piece a week goal is strictly for myself, but maybe it is because I felt like I was letting myself down a bit or not taking my weekly steps to doing this professionally or reaching my goals. Maybe I just felt like I was letting all of my five paid subscribers down by not providing content that they paid for (even though my five paid subscribers are my mom, my dad, my sister, my aunt and my husband and I think they would all forgive me and still love me even if I never wrote another thing ever again- but seriously, how do I get more paid subscriptions here?!) Maybe I just am taking this journey seriously because I want it so badly, and taking a week off feels like I’m not applying myself. But here I am, and I feel rested, my brain feels fresh, it is the astrological New Year, so onward we go, and it feels like things are about to get much, much easier, even if I don’t quite know how yet.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Families
Nostalgia in Apartment Pants
As strange as this may sound, I miss lockdown. I get nostalgic for it. Not for the uncertainty of it all, or for the general concern for the health and wellbeing of my friends and family, and definitely not for the people that showed how unwilling they are to help out their fellow man, but for simply… the simplicity of it all.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Humans
New York City
There are few things I know for certain: one, if left to my own devices, I am a night owl, two, I could eat pizza every day of my life if it wouldn’t ultimately lead to some kind of health crisis, and three, I was a New Yorker in my past life. That is truly the only explanation I have for why I feel so at home in a city that I have never lived in.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Chapters
Dexter v Texas
I already know today’s piece is going to be very different than my usual stuff, because it is what I’m thinking about at the moment. I have so many good, quality subjects to write about but setting those aside for when I can be thoughtful about them and give them a little more time than I have right now. Either way, I think this is something that not enough people talk about so let’s dive in: executioners are the same as serial killers, aside from the fact that they are legally sanctioned. They are the legally sanctioned Dexters. Full stop.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Criminal
A miracle, a sprout, and a badass walk into a bar...
One of my favorite things I ever read was this: Don’t quit five minutes before the miracle happens. I couldn’t tell you for the life of me when or where I read that- I maybe I even heard it somewhere- but I have it written in my office, and I come back to it over and over again. It might even be the most inspirational piece of advice I’ve ever received from the universe because any time I get impatient, anxious, or start losing steam, I can come back to that. And right now, I need that.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Humans
I'm taking the day off...
I am taking the day off from writing today, but not from posting. I have a few ideas that I want to get out of my head and into words, but today isn’t that day. So enjoy this story I wrote a while back- I wrote it for a contest, the prompt was to write about a piece of chocolate cake, and this is the second fictional piece I ever wrote. I’ve been toying with taking bits and pieces of the character and putting her into another story, maybe, maybe not, but either way, happy reading, and thank you for letting me have a cheat day.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Fiction
Atomic Habits, sort of.
Near the end of last year, I decided to spend more time writing. I committed to writing one article a week, which seemed like a solid start since I have never dedicated any time to writing- which is weird because all I ever do in my head is… fake write. I walk through life crafting sentences, paragraphs, book titles, fictional conversations, without ever putting them down in writing. I have scrap papers laying around with little tidbits that I would like to include in a book or poem someday, but until last year, I never spent time making time to write. But I figured, if I wanted to be a writer, and wanted to write books, and to make a living doing it, I should probably actually do the thing. So, one article a week seemed like a good starting point.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Chapters
A few things I forgot to mention.
On Monday, I published a piece about ballet, and being a ballerina. As usual, I took a few detours I wasn’t expecting and ended up giving more of a pep talk than I anticipated. So just another day, as far as I’m concerned. But there are two things that I should have elaborated on, and they’ve been nagging me ever since I hit “publish,” but by that time I felt like the piece was long enough, and I also didn’t want to go in and make any edits. I thought maybe the thoughts would go away, and you wouldn’t know the difference anyway. But they didn’t, so here you go. Today will be brief. Maybe. I think.
By Morgan Longford2 years ago in Humans
