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  • Summer is Coming…

    Summer is another time that I tend to plan waaaaayyy more than I am capable of. Between kids (read: disgruntled teens), the heat (outdoor chores have to be done by 10am or everyone will melt), the invariable “aw, shit! Really?!?” Crisis (at least one–family, an appliance, illness, something), and oh, yeah…ishouldprobablysitmyassdownandwritesomething, I get a few…

  • Unloading the Psychological Hoard

    My father passed on almost 2 years ago. I’m a bit of a hoarder–tools, boxes, books, string, projects that I just need some time to play with, cool doo-dads; all sorts of things. After my father passed, and my mom had time to grieve, she began to engage in Swedish Death Cleaning. Yes, it’s a…

  • IWSG April 2024

    I have no idea what I’m doing. I’ve got three front covers completed. One back cover down. I’ve started creating map art. I’ve started looking into how I want to address distribution. And umpteen million manuscripts in various forms of drafts or notes. I know that I need to work on my writing, but somehow,…

  • Your Turn

    Do you ever wonder when it will be “your turn”? Like, whenever you get hyped up because your name is next on the roster? You go through your stretches; you mentally rehearse what you’re going to do. You take your place, crouch down on the starters blocks, take a deep breath. Focus- “hey!” “huh?” “We…

  • Where is my brain?

    I checked under the couch, behind the pickles in the fridge, in the dog house . . . Nowhere is it to be found. I keep looking back at this chart I found on Pinterest awhile back, the Comfort Zone through the Growth Zone. I think my brain is most definitely stuck in the Comfort…

  • Uncertainty sucks…

    I like to plan (EXCEPT for plotting my stories- I’m a total pantser with that). I make plans and when they blow up, I still have the goal. I still have the deadline. I can work around the inconvenience that has popped up. Maybe not in the way that I want, but I can STILL…