Hey, guys! Welcome to the fourth installment of The Great Green Eggs and Ham Eggsperiment where I share the new things I’ve tried during the week. This week, I’m cheating. This isn’t the first time I’ve surfed (the last and ONLY time I surfed prior to this was a year ago) but it is the first time I’m daring to post photos of myself looking like a beached whale in all my post-holiday blubber glory.
Are you ready? Try not to scratch your eyes out.
Surfing is a lot like writing. Well…um…okay – no, it’s not – but since I haven’t posted anything about writing in a loooong time, I figured that I’d give the analogy a go.
Like surfing, writing requires patience. It is a waiting game. You wait for ideas to blossom, for inspiration to strike, and for coffee to brew.
Now you see me...
Sometimes you will catch a wave.
Now you don't.
Sometimes you will wipeout.
Half of the work in writing is about picking yourself up.
It helps to keep your eye on the shore…
…and to enjoy the ride.
***ANALOGY STOPS HERE.***
PROUD MAMA PHOTOS COMING UP.
My 9 y.o.got into the action too but daddy did not have the camera ready when he was finally able to stand. Oh, well. Next time.
Look at what washed ashore! The pink shark took her first surfing lesson that weekend 
All good things must come to an end.
But maybe there’s time for just one more wave…
*** WRITING CAVE ALERT***
I have a March 1 deadline for my second novel and I will need to go on a blogging break until then. Hope you catch some great waves while I’m gone. See you soon!
I’ll miss you while you’re gone.
But I hope that your writing goes really smoothly.
I loved the photos, especially the pink shark photo! And, of course, you were very cool on your surf board.
Looks like fun. Have fun writing. Catch up with ya in a month!!!
Oh my gosh you are so brave! There is no way you’d catch me trying to surf. I give you total credit just for trying!
Great pictures!
Yay!!! Your second book!!!!
Looks like fun! I’m planning to surf on my birthday! Good luck on your next novel! Can’t wait for it to come out.hehe Please do update us about it. Thanks! Have fun!
Wow! Great family bonding with of course the insightful analogy
We will miss you and I can’t wait for your next book.
Hi Samantha. Thank you for sharing with us these lovely photos. I like your analogy!
is this you trying to qualify as the Philippine representative at next summer Olympics, dahling?
The trouble with the beach is that sand always ends up in all the wrong places.
Wow, you’ve got the moves on that board! I’ve tried water skiing and could never stay up for more than about five seconds. And how adorable is your daughter!! So cute. If those were the only kinds of sharks out there I wouldn’t be so afraid of the ocean.
Make the most of your break and get that book done. We’re all waiting to read it.
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Great job, Sam! Nice pictures. Makes me miss the beaches back home. Here, I only get to go, at best, twice a year, and I just like to lie in the sand under an umbrella and eat all the boardwalk goodies I can.
Good luck on the second novel. May your words flow. We’ll see you when you resurface.
I like the writing-surfing analogy.
Great pictures!
Good luck with your novel! I hope you have a productive break.
Great analogy! And you’ll be missed
Good luck with novel number 2!
I saw a lot in those pictures, but I didn’t see any blubber, post-holiday or otherwise!
There ought to be a writers’ equivalent for “break a leg.” I’m sure if you weren’t already writing your second novel you’d have time to come up with one.
I tried surfing for my 40th bday…. I don’t think I was up as long as you were!
Or maybe the cameraman just wasn’t ready for me, either!
Congrats, I gave you an award on my blog today.
You rock! I am not sure that I would be able to stand…have a good blogging break then!
Ahh, it looks so nice from my cold room in Connecticut (though I shouldn’t complain, we haven’t had a lot of snow this year). I need that shark hat!
Good luck with the new book!
Best of luck as you work on that second novel!
I can’t wait for your 2nd Novel Ms Samantha!
Keep it up!
It’s so cool that you surf (and no, I didn’t have to scratch my eyes out, don’t know what ‘post-holiday blubber glory’ you’re referring to)
Good luck on the second novel. It always amazes me how fiction writers can come up with ideas…wow! It’s almost March 1st so I hope everything went smoothly. Till the next time!
Sam! Where oh where have you been?????
I am missing you!
I can not wait for your next book! Good luck. I have been following you on Twitter as well……did that sound creepy?
Hey, guys! Thanks for all the well wishes! I’m still alive! I’m still alive! Hope to jump back into the blogging world soon!