The Sojourn Sparrow aka the Blue Haired Writer
One of the hardest parts of being a writer is in instances like this, where I must describe or introduce myself to strangers. What do I say? What would someone really want to know? Well everything, of course. Duh.
I’m an avid fan of American Pin-ups, stilettos, mascara, elephants, off-the-wall art, bright colors, flowers, fish-net stockings, red lipstick, loyal dogs, good coffee and even better friends. And I’m lucky to be surrounded by all of the above. Well except for elephants. But they’re not far.
My family is pretty amazing. There are 11, 9 of us all together if you count the five dogs 🐶, the bird 🐦, and a horse🐴. *for those of you following the drama, Icharus went to birdie heaven and Whiskey is with a new family after MiniMe’s accident.
For the moment, I will focus on the humans in Pack Hinton. First off there is me. I’m Leah 👩🏻. I spent 20 years married to, BigTough. We have the best job ever — raising two amazing children. MiniMe 👩🏻, and Little BigTough 👦🏼.
Our oldest daughter is MiniMe, aka the Mermaid. She looks a lot like me. People often mistake us for sisters. I don’t mind. Really. As a matter of fact, it’s quite the compliment – perk of being a young-ish mother. Of course, she has a bit of BigTough mixed in for good measure. She swims like a mermaid, graceful and fast. And is by far the funniest person I know.
Our youngest, Little BigTough, aka the Mancub is a statistics genius. At least where football stats are concerned and amazingly enough, all things iPhone. Don’t dare argue with him over how a millimeter doesn’t make much difference in the thickness of a phone. He will debate you, pull out facts, and win. He is a handsome dude with an amazing brain, and is a pretty stellar comic to boot.
Now, this won’t be an ordinary writer’s blog. (Shocking, I know.) I can’t just dump writing facts, memes and tips on you. Snooze 💤 Besides, that’s what I use Twitter for. Here I will share intimate details of my life. I will be an open book. Well, mostly open. Gotta save some bits for when we meet in person.
So I will write about many things. Tons about art, my war with my behind, dating, friendships, oh, and of course the writing process will show up once in a while, as I continue my many works in progress — one of which is a suspenseful foray into the world of a Texas K9 officer caught up in a search for a madman and a missing girl.
Oh and don’t even get me started on the foray into the land of big-stage, jukebox musicals. Because, yep. I’m writing one with the best dang writing partner a girl could ask for. More about Mr. Wells a bit later. I had no idea being a playwright would bring me such joy. SO MUCH JOY!
Grab a cup of coffee. Pull up a chair. Stay awhile.
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Till next time,
Leah xoxo💋
2nd Place Winner – 2016 Flash Fiction Contest – Writers’ Guild Texas for “Blue”
Semi-Finalist – SoCal Conference Promising Beginnings Contest 2016 for “Shattered”
Grand Prize Winner – 2017 Mount Hermon First-Timers’ Contest for “Finding Birdie Shaw”
1st Place Winner – 2017 McClatchey Flash Fiction Award – Writers’ Guild Texas for “Spin Me, Charlie”
2nd Place Winner – 2017 McClatchey Flash Fiction Award – Writers’ Guild Texas for “A Dark Fog”
2nd Place Winner – 2018 Dallas Area Writers Group Prize for Poetry for “Barefoot”
2019 Stage Writers Festival Audience Spotlight Winner for the stageplay “Ripe”
2019 Finalist in the Purple Playbill Festival by Brighter Tomorrows re the domestic violence epidemic. Festival – October, 2019 for the stageplay “Paper Thin”
Featured Author in the non-fiction collection: Short and Sweet: Small Words for Big Thoughts edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com for “My Hair is Blue”
Featured Author in the fiction collection: Short and Sweet Too: More Small Words for Big Thoughts edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com for “To Hold Their Hands”
Featured Author in the collection: The Short and Sweet of It: When the Right Word is a Short Word edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com “Beat In Time”
Featured Author in the collection: Short and Sweet Goes Fourth edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com for “Sister”
Featured Author in the collection: Short and Sweet Takes the Fifth edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com”Fall In Texas”
Featured Author in the collection: Short and Sweet’s Family Album edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com for “Bully, They”
Featured Author in the collection: Short and Sweet 7 (not yet titled) available October 2019 edited by Susan Cheeves King, available at Amazon.com for “Hope In A Red Hat”
Granbury Writers’ Bloc – Monthly Fiction Challenge – Celebrity Judge* *kind of baffles me too
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams
