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Category: adhd

  • IWSG June 2026

    Good lord. We’re already halfway through the year. June 3 question – Do most of your story ideas come from one place (the news, dreams, etc.) or do they hit from all over the place? Some of my ideas start in dreams, like The Heritage Blood Saga (out in print and digital! Everywhere fine books…

  • May 2026 Progress Report

    So, the kiddos are home now. Not to say they’re as distracting at age 17 as they were at age 7, but they are. Just not in the same way. The SOP flip card project is moving forward. I’m running it through the second romance novel now, and adding new cards for each individual step.…

  • Mental Health Wednesday May 2026

    About 11 years ago, I tried to go off my meds–the Ritalin and the anti-depressants. I did it for health reasons (serotonin syndrome is a thing. I guess I should explain that in another post), and monetary ones. A nickel saved is a nickel earned. I made it two years before I had to go…

  • Mental Health Wednesday April 2026

    Kintsugi is this year’s word. The idea is to accept a formerly broken object, and not just acknowledge but appreciate the scars telling that object’s story, maybe even admire that story and how that object is still together and functional. Apparently, we have yet to start gluing things together. It’s entirely possible that some of…

  • April 2026 IWSG

    April 1 question – If you have a playlist (or could put one together) that either gets you in the groove to write or fits with one of your books, what is it? What type of music or what songs? This really depends on the vibe. For “A Special Blend of Crazy” it was a…

  • Mental Health Wednesday February 2026

    When I started writing this, I couldn’t report a downward spiral or an upward momentum at the time. I wouldn’t call it “homeostasis,” more like “dissociation.” Maybe. It’s eerie. It feels a lot like waiting. Waiting for… something. It’s exhausting. I’ve felt the effects of the heaviness in other ways; I have some routines, but…