Category: Life

  • Progress Report October 2026

    I would like to begin this post by pointing out that I don’t typically jump into things that may affect me in a big way without a lot of research and thought. As an example, when I came up with the name “Lynne Maris” for my romance author pseudonym, I ran it through several searches.…

  • Wednesday Word October 2026: Pettifogger

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. PETTIFOGGER Someone who quibbles over trivia and raises petty, annoying objections. I game D&D with people like this. What’s really irritating is that they have admitted that they are not familiar with the…

  • Mental Health October 2026

    Sometimes it be like that.

  • WTF Wednesday September 2026

    Perimenopause. Is bullshit.

  • Wednesday Word 2026: Mathom

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. MATHOM A term coined by Tolkien that hobbits used to describe any item “they had no use for, but were unwilling to throw away.” Good Lord, Ishtar and Buddha. I think that describes…

  • Mental Health August 2026

    So you ever wonder if everything you’re doing is just … Pointless screaming into the void? Lately there’s been nothing but second guessing my choices on everything regarding SquarePeg Books. It’s really not that much money that I spend on it, and logically I know that doing the writing thing isn’t the fast track to…