Tag: random musings

  • I Hate the Delivery Boy

    Me: *standing outside my door* Wow! Losing the stress has really helped me get back my ability to focus on writing! Muse: *pulls up in a really sexy car and steps out to lean seductively on the hood* Hi, Sugar. Miss me? Me: Muse! Muse: *pats the hood of the car suggestively.* How about we…

  • Of Self-Told Lies and Self-Made Lists

    “… I sobbed: quietly, trying to make no noise… Crying because I’d reached the limit of what I could repress.” James Alan Gardner, Radiant   This isn’t really a writing post, or even a super positive or funny post, so you can totally skip it. I won’t get upset.   It’s been happening for a…

  • The Story Of Your Heart

    The dreaded yet beloved Story. The Story that you ache to tell. The Story that you desperately want to share with the world. The Story that is quirky, odd, off-beat or maybe about an “edgy” or possibly “offensive”  subject. The Tale that nags you when you try to sleep and claims squatting rights in your…

  • Still trying to get things together…

    I’ve conquered my email backlog of a year.  And been able to keep on top of it. Mostly. I have my backlog house maintenance list that I am slowly working through.  I still have to get back into the habit of reading other blogs and…social media (ick).  The crafting backlog is scary as hell. The…

  • Self-Sabotage?

    This is what life is going to be like when the kids are in school, so why don’t I just start getting into the groove now? I ask myself that. A lot. Especially now. The kids are at day-camp, which is a lot like school hours for this particular program. I’ve got an idea for…

  • The Point of Publishing…

    I’m not there yet. I’m a slow writer. I’ve learned through observation that the masses do not want to wait 2 years in between books that are all a part of the same series (well, not anymore – 30 years ago, there wasn’t much of a choice, but now…). If you make them wait, you…