<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679050652769277859</id><updated>2024-09-12T22:18:51.215-04:00</updated><category term="story"/><category term="Crumpet"/><category term="Wally"/><category term="dachshund"/><category term="Anton Chekhov"/><category term="George Orwell"/><category term="IHOP"/><category term="Jules Renard"/><category term="Mark Twain"/><category term="Sinclair Lewis"/><category term="Sylvia Plath"/><category term="billboard"/><category term="creative writing"/><category term="egoism"/><category term="goats"/><category term="good team"/><category term="motivation"/><category term="novel"/><category term="self-doubt"/><category term="summer"/><category term="walk"/><category term="weiner dog"/><category term="writing project"/><title type='text'>Letisha&#39;s Pleonasm Playground</title><subtitle type='html'>A Writing Project</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Letisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01522723386227274756</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrbOZYxc7NivdD2aZPCu9pHKwUc4K16siXFXOIIkGngDGn7pbUdgjcp4ktysECFkhQpzp7M1RX8EUrKijbSk6335kOdf4mmR8ZtRuz9IxBctz71oUxG1MMXJea23SCd0/s220/657729_medium.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679050652769277859.post-3676985464256031251</id><published>2010-07-13T11:17:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T11:29:48.178-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="billboard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="goats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="IHOP"/><title type='text'>Assignment 2 - Story about the I-Hop Billboard Goats</title><summary type="text">My husband and I have about a 40-minute drive to and from work every day.&amp;nbsp; The highlight of our drive is looking to see if there are any goats on the I-Hop billboard that we pass every day.&amp;nbsp; One day last year, I counted at least 10 or more goats on and next to the sign, including babies!&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp; Pictured below are some goats on the billboard (photo by someone on Facebook who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/feeds/3676985464256031251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/07/assignment-2-story-about-i-hop.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/3676985464256031251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/3676985464256031251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/07/assignment-2-story-about-i-hop.html' title='Assignment 2 - Story about the I-Hop Billboard Goats'/><author><name>Letisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01522723386227274756</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrbOZYxc7NivdD2aZPCu9pHKwUc4K16siXFXOIIkGngDGn7pbUdgjcp4ktysECFkhQpzp7M1RX8EUrKijbSk6335kOdf4mmR8ZtRuz9IxBctz71oUxG1MMXJea23SCd0/s220/657729_medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-hOdkJIcHKW1ffHqROZyOXhTsO5s_lUWU8eaIBpYlgQE-JxzbnSRdJvRRwgr0fyGqDeiOfuuRVrJZYk7mRYr9TJKj9ZaqICLkehM48VCYAI6nKnXLK0n6obGX1EGRVKy9BX24igJOneC/s72-c/goats+on+billboard+2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679050652769277859.post-8885216691669463152</id><published>2010-07-08T15:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T15:37:00.861-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crumpet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dachshund"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="good team"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="story"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="summer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="walk"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wally"/><title type='text'>Completed Assignment 1 - Mini-story about Wally and Crumpet</title><summary type="text">Well, I finished my first assignment by the second due date (tomorrow, Friday, July 9), but I went way over the word count. Go figure!&amp;nbsp; That&#39;s why my blog is called my &quot;Pleonasm Playground&quot; -- I take more words than others might use to tell a story. Don&#39;t worry, I got my husband&#39;s permission to post the story anyway.&amp;nbsp; He said he&#39;ll be a little more lenient since this is the first </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/feeds/8885216691669463152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/07/completed-assignment-1-mini-story-about.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/8885216691669463152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/8885216691669463152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/07/completed-assignment-1-mini-story-about.html' title='Completed Assignment 1 - Mini-story about Wally and Crumpet'/><author><name>Letisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01522723386227274756</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrbOZYxc7NivdD2aZPCu9pHKwUc4K16siXFXOIIkGngDGn7pbUdgjcp4ktysECFkhQpzp7M1RX8EUrKijbSk6335kOdf4mmR8ZtRuz9IxBctz71oUxG1MMXJea23SCd0/s220/657729_medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679050652769277859.post-593307174977389911</id><published>2010-06-29T12:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T09:33:17.466-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crumpet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dachshund"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="story"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wally"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weiner dog"/><title type='text'>Assignment 1 - Mini-story about Wally and Crumpet</title><summary type="text">For the first assignment, my husband told me to write about a 500-word mini-story about our two dachshunds, Wally and Crumpet (pictured above and below):
Hubby actually gave me this first assignment at the end of April when we first came up with the idea for this blog, but I was too busy planning his birthday party and making summer plans to start working on it until now!&amp;nbsp; Maybe I can be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/feeds/593307174977389911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/assignment-1-mini-story-about-wally-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/593307174977389911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/593307174977389911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/assignment-1-mini-story-about-wally-and.html' title='Assignment 1 - Mini-story about Wally and Crumpet'/><author><name>Letisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01522723386227274756</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrbOZYxc7NivdD2aZPCu9pHKwUc4K16siXFXOIIkGngDGn7pbUdgjcp4ktysECFkhQpzp7M1RX8EUrKijbSk6335kOdf4mmR8ZtRuz9IxBctz71oUxG1MMXJea23SCd0/s220/657729_medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatqGT1MI0prVMSi56u4VhbU7G0dify3LvluXLbQRGybRaZBl9Q6KsQi6qAG1nJ3Kh8TeguKJRZV24oZWYm5Q-BBNn7_7XUCk9OGFjDtk1lgHKU94JHcvXU9CuyXUc9YmUvcur8Upq4fAp/s72-c/Wally+and+Crumpet+1.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679050652769277859.post-4562132627574502102</id><published>2010-06-28T16:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T16:29:37.659-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Anton Chekhov"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="creative writing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="egoism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="George Orwell"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jules Renard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mark Twain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motivation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="novel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-doubt"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sinclair Lewis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="story"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sylvia Plath"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writing project"/><title type='text'>A New Writing Project inspired by my husband</title><summary type="text">&quot;The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.&quot; -Sylvia Plath. 


There it is: a small window into my life. Regardless of all other hindrances, self-doubt disables my motivation and throws me into a handicap when it comes to writing. I am striving to write again! 

&quot;The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.&quot;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/feeds/4562132627574502102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-writing-project-inspired-by-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/4562132627574502102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7679050652769277859/posts/default/4562132627574502102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letishamichellewritingproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-writing-project-inspired-by-my.html' title='A New Writing Project inspired by my husband'/><author><name>Letisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01522723386227274756</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrbOZYxc7NivdD2aZPCu9pHKwUc4K16siXFXOIIkGngDGn7pbUdgjcp4ktysECFkhQpzp7M1RX8EUrKijbSk6335kOdf4mmR8ZtRuz9IxBctz71oUxG1MMXJea23SCd0/s220/657729_medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>