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  • Personal Heroes

    There are a number of people I know who rate as my own personal heroes. People who make me grit my teeth in bitter self-disappointment inspire me by their example. Some took their risks early in life. Others waited until they hit the wall and thought: “Well, why the hell…

  • IWSG November 2023

    First, an apology—this site was kattywampusbooks, a free blog on WordPress. In the adventures of creating a big girl author website and put some skin in the game, I purchased a domain and an email and so on. I did not purchase kattywampusbooks.com. as a domain name because, while it…

  • Cold Turkey

    Why is cutting oneself off from an addiction of some kind referred to as “Cold Turkey”? “I’m going cold turkey.” It sounds like you’re making a sandwich out of holiday leftovers. Sandwiches made from leftovers can be yummy. Not miserable. I’ve whinged quite a bit about “why aren’t I writing?”…

  • IWSG October 2023

    The saga continues. I’ve transferred the website to WordPress ont he first of the month, but now I’m working on…migrating?…kattywampusbooks posts over to the new site, but I’m going to wait until after this post goes out. I think I’m waiting because IWSG has been the only consistent thing for…