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Tag: random musings

  • 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…

  • This is Bullshit….

    So, there’s this totally accurate statistic I read somewhere on the internet a few years back, about the average publishing age of women vs. men. Women publish fictional novels at a later point in life, typically. Not all of them, obviously; just a notable amount. Almost as though the majority of women are taking care…

  • In Defense of Whimsy

    I’ve always been a little odd. The square peg that almost fits in the round hole, but not quite. When I was a child my oddness marked me out a bit. I wasn’t quite the most unpopular kid in school, but I was definitely on the lower end of the pecking order. This may be…

  • The Word for 2024

    With 2023 rapidly coming to an end, I realize I need to select a new word for 2024. 2023’s word was “Focus.” I suppose it did and did not work out. I focused enough to make steps in the right direction towards publishing.my work, but it feels like I could’ve done so much more. Isn’t…

  • IWSG December 2023

    The last IWSG of 2023. Where did the year go? A lot of things got done this year, but there’s still a lot more to do (way more to do than was completed). Some things just didn’t go according to plan… *coughcoughyoutube bingeing still a problemcoughcough* So I guess we’ll just have to start again,…

  • IWSG July 2023

    Where do your ideas come from? Sometimes, they come from half-remembered dreams. Lately they’ve been coming from documentaries. A short documentary about the history of mythical plants that hunt people and animals is interesting, and then inspires an idea about a story for gathering said plants, and then and thenandthen… Once I was driving home…