Tag: whining
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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Stories With Minds Of Their Own
One of the reasons I don’t plot, is because sometimes most of the time my stories develop a life of their own. I know where it starts, and I know where it will end. HOW it gets there and HOW it ends is a different matter entirely. My second Romance book is an example of…
