“Do you ever get writer’s block?”
People ask Mom that question a lot. Writer’s block means a writer is stuck and can’t write.
Mom doesn’t get writer’s block. When one of her stories gets stuck, she works on a different story, just so she can keep writing. Or she goes to the bookstore and reads a bunch of books.
Or she helps a writing group friend fix up one of their stories. Or she writes a poem. Or she fixes one of her own stories. When it’s writing time, it’s writing time. No stuckness allowed.
Tick. Tick. Tick. Is it almost time to play?
Sometimes, though, writing time just doesn’t come. At this time of year, there’s lots to do, so writing time can get lost in the busy-ness of shopping, wrapping, lunch with friends, photo shoots, and decorating. She’s not stuck, she’s living her life. That’s where stories come from, after all. And busy-ness doesn’t last forever.
I’ve been kind of busy, too…
Sometimes, I get stuck. Whenever I pass by the soccer field near my house, I can’t resist sticking my tiny head through the net. I do it every time we get close enough. I know Mom will get me out. Eventually.
Put down the camera and unstick me!
When Mom wants to make the bed each morning, I stay stuck right in the middle. I know Mom will chase me out.
When I work at the library for Read to a Pet Night, I am stuck on my Park-It Mat waiting for somebody to read me a story.
I know Mom will give me treats for being a good girl.
I don’t let the stuckness bother me. Stuckness happens, but it doesn’t last forever. Somebody always comes.
Comments on: "Stuckness" (61)
Hey there, Cupcake. I love your Charley Brown tree. You look really good next to i and also in your reading outfit. Merry Christmas. Lady Caroline
Thanks, LC. The dress is new for Christmas. I think red is my color.
Love and licks,
C
Oh Cupcake if I saw you stuck in the middle of STUCKNESS I’d be there in a second to unstick you! I’d rescue you so you could be on your way, spreading your smile and CUTENESS everywhere! Mom remembers writers block but like your Mom, she would just work on something ELSE – or switch to drawing/painting for a while until the STUCKNESS became UNSTUCK! I love your Christmas tree…….
Hugs, Sammy
Thanks, S. I guess we’re all fighting stuckness one way and another. I’ll remember that when I’m stuck in the net like an unlucky trout.
Love and licks,
C
Oh Cupcake..Mum has the right idea..no need for stuck when you an shift 🙂 i do the same thing..work on one image get stuck move to another and you know all that shuffling around actually helps 🙂 although beware butterfly nets my sweet girl! you have to be the most adorable gal in blogville ..always sweet always willing to help and always dress to kill ;0 Loves Fozziemum xxx
Thanks, B. Looking pretty is my favorite hobby
Love and licks,
C
Oh you do it very well too Cupcake 🙂 xxx
I like the idea to go to te book store and to read the stories of other people when we have no clue what to do with our own. I will try it next time when Hell-o is the only word we can type before we get stuck :o)
Good plan, E. Mom reads 200 picture books a year. Maybe she should read 300…
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, you are so darn cute and we love all your outfits. We hope the mom doesnt’t get stuck too often. Glad you get some nice treats. You are a very good girl.
Thanks, M. I get special treats when I do my therapy work. Freeze dried chicken! Yay!
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, I will tell you right here and right now. My mommy is stuck on YOU! Yep. She loves seeing you and reading about your adventures and this is another that makes us both smile. xxoo
Thanks, KI. Tell your mom to be careful being stuck on me. We might BOTH end up in the soccer net!
Love and licks,
C
THAT made mommy laff. Hopefully YOUR mommy will unstick us.
Oh my sweet clever cookie, I would not mind being stuck with you anywhere! xo Johanna
Thanks, J. We could get stuck in the net together like Charlie the Tuna!
Love and licks,
C
You are a cute little dog Cupcake – we love to see your happy little face.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Thanks, H and L. I hope my happy face brings smiles to other faces!
Love and licks,
C
You always make me laugh Cupcake. I just love the way you describe everything. I am glad mom doesn’t get stuck and that she is there for you when you get stuck. LOL! I do know I am ‘stuck on you’ and can’t get enough of the beautiful photos mom takes of you. 😀 ♥
Thanks, S. Being stuck together is better than being stuck alone. Mom can rescue both of us.
Love and licks,
C
Thank goodness for moms! 😆
So much wisdom for a little dog! Happy holidays and happy writing, Cupcake and Genevieve.
Thanks, R. I like the thought of little ole me having wisdom. Imagine….
Love and licks,
C
I love, Love, LOVE that last photo! You go girl!
Linda
Thanks, L. The reading kids love when I look at the books with them. Sometimes, I see pictures of doggies!
Love and licks,
C
Writing is a lot like getting stuck in a soccer net. Both require a lot of wiggling – of one’s mind or one’s butt.
You got it right, W. Whenever Mom tries to unstick me from the net, she always says the word, “STAND STILL.” Wiggling is always my go-to solution.
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake…. we LOVE your TREE and you look so pretty in your lovely Dress.
Thanks, boys! I think the tree brings out the colors in my furs.
Love and licks,
C
You’re very lucky to have mom to unstick you. And mom is so full of ideas that stuck is probably not an option. You guys are made for each other. 🐶❤️
Thanks, G. We are a pretty good team, and can usually unstick each other one way or another.
Love and licks,
C
Oh, Cupcake, watch out for those nets! You’re so cute and helpful to your mom. I know she appreciates you bunches! Hey, my dog, Brownie, made it into my latest painting! 🙂
Go, Brownie! Way to get famous. I am always trying to make it into one.of Mom’s stories.
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake and Cupcakes Mom, we LOVE your unstuck blog. Now I have to think about if I get stuck. Hmmm. Maybe I will sleep on it. Lots of Christmas love, Lexi.
Getting stuck isn’t fun. Be careful, L. Once when I first came here to live, I got stuck behind the big chair in the living room. I didn’t make a sound. I just waited for Mom to come and help me.
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, always good to have someone that loves us to get us “unstuck”… yep. That dress you are wearing while laying on the Park-It Mat… that dress might be most favorite. Love your Charlie Brown tree.. ♥
Thanks, Pix. My clothing designer named fetchdogfashions made that dress especially for me. I think gingerbread men is my color…
Love and licks,
C
It doesn’t last forever so long as you have someone to get you out of that net – that looks like a mess!
It IS a mess, S and C. That’s why Mom thought I’d avoid it after the first time I got caught. But I stick my head in every single time. Apparently, it defies explanation.
Love and licks,
C
Tell your mommy we have many of the same figurines as she in our curio cabinets. 🙂
Really, KI? Your mom is also an angel collector, I guess. My favorite one is the angel cuddling a puppy.
Love and licks,
C
Hey there Cupcake, you’re looking as adorable as ever! I get writer’s block and bursts- but since I illustrate a lot of my work it works out really well. I’ll get a writer’s burst and write as much as I can well into the night- and then I’ll get writers block and I’ll spend time illustrating the pieces I’ve written. It works out pretty well!
That sounds like a perfect setup, S. Drawing can pass the time and even give you new ideas. Mom draws like a 3 year old, but even still, she drew 100 pictures in her sketchbook for her New Years resolution last year.
Love and licks,
C
Aha! I was going to say mom needed to post a photo of you in the soccer net in tomorrow’s post. 🙂
This is really good advice. For the longest time I haven’t worked on my book, then a few weeks back I started again, editing it this time. I make myself do so many pages per week day and give myself the weekend off. I never really thought to work on something else, (you live and learn.)
This week the editing has taken a back seat because of the busy-ness of the season, but I’ll be back to it again and I’ll heed Mom’s advice.
Busy-ness happens. And giving yourself the weekend off is a good idea. Mom only mind-writes on the weekend.
Of course Mom took a hundred pictures of me while I was gasping for air in the soccer net. She said maybe I will learn. But guess what. I didn’t!
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake. I love your red skirt and top…matches your eyes. Wait, that wasn’t what I meant. The red brings out your eyes…that doesn’t sound right either…we know you have eyes. Love the skirt and top!
Nose rubs,
Shoko
Thanks, S. I got your message loud and clear. The red makes my eyes pop. Wait! What? I don’t want my eyes to pop out! How will I see where I’m going?? Ugh.
Love and licks,
C
hehe…you see the problem I was having…hehe
This is all true. Stuckness doesn’t last forever. Once, I went behind the sofa which I’m not suppose to do. I got stuck. All mom saw was my big butt in the air with my legs running. She laughed. Okay she laughed a lot. But then she unstuck me. XOXO – Bacon
Moms are great helpers when we get into a bind. The laughing and the picture taking is another issue entirely…. 🙂
Love and licks,
C
We’re glad the stuckness doesn’t last long – for either one of you! 🙂
Thanks, D. Like you, we’re putting one foot in front of the other and moving ahead!
Love and licks,
C
It’s good to know that someone will always come to the rescue, Cupcake!
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Thanks, C. I hope your Christmas holidays are super fun!
Love and licks,
C
That’s a good thing to know! It’s nice to always have someone to rescue you from the net. Happy Holidays!
Thanks, Mr. N. Mom and I have rescued each other a lot of times.
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, I think with someone like you around, no-one will ever go stuck 😉 That’s a lovely Christmas tree, my furriend and how we love your dress and cute little face. Pawkisses for a wonderful Christmastime 🙂 ❤
Awww… Thanks, Little B. Mom thinks my face goes well with the Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
Love and licks,
C
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