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  • 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…

  • IWSG February 2026

    February 4 question – Many writers have written about the experience of rereading their work years later. Have you reread any of your early works? What was that experience like for you? Most of my experience has been “put the patient on the donor list, but we’re burning most of it.” Even now, as I…

  • January 2026 Word: Vastidity

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. VASTIDITY Vastness. Shakespeare, Measure for Measure I can’t say this out loud unless I say it very slowly, carefully annunciating every syllable. I think that’s why I actually don’t like this word that…

  • Mental Health Wednesday January 2026

    This winter break was . . . A thing. A whole thing. Not a fun thing, either. Like an overly complicated thing that no matter how you try to fix it, it’s just going to continue to make your life difficult, but you can’t throw it away, because it is required, for some reason. It…

  • Mental Health Wednesday December 2025

    This has been a rough year for me. And my family, too, but this blog is about me, so let’s just focus on that. There have been a number of doctor appointments, a couple-three work problems, a layoff, a few other disappointments and scares. All of which ticked my anxiety a little higher, with each…