Tag: whining

  • IWSG September 2020

    So, this time of year is usually when I try to roll out some School Year Resolutions. Things are a little up in the air, right now. Like many, I’ve been lurching from day to day like a sailor with a 3-day pass on a bar crawl, since about, oh… March-ish. Like everyone else. Not…

  • The Slow Descent Into Anxiety-Riddled Madness

    Note: This is kinda long and not very positive. There was a Momma Blue Jay with her juveniles in my backyard the other day. I’m guessing their nest was in one of the yews nearby. Three juvies, only half blue; they could kinda fly, but not really yet (we discovered that when the dog started…

  • The Grind of Uncertainty

    My children will be entering 6th grade this coming Fall semester. Our school district has announced it has intentions to open with 100% in person learning, five full days a week. “But we still have plans for a hybrid model and a 100% online model, just in case.”‘ I think the 100% in person learning…

  • October 2019 IWSG

    October 2 question – It’s been said that the benefits of becoming a writer who does not read is that all your ideas are new and original. Everything you do is an extension of yourself, instead of a mixture of you and another author. On the other hand, how can you expect other people to…

  • Time Enough?

    How does one make time? Is there a spell for that? Do you pray to Chronos while sacrificing a rubber chicken to the black hole at the center of our galaxy? A recipe, maybe? Blend 2 cups anti-matter, 5 fairy wings with the tongue of a ladybug, then cook for 8 plank times on high?…

  • POV’s I Don’t Agree With

    Romance 2 is progressing, and once again I’m finding it difficult to write a particular character’s POV. Not a villain, not even a slightly bad guy. He’s a pretty decent dude, just trying to be a normal, nice guy. He’s my hero in this particular book. The problem for me is, his views on certain…