Do the Hard Thing
Consuming is easy. Creating is hard. I’ve been noticing a worrying trend with myself lately, and naturally, we tend to notice things about others that bug us about ourselves and…
Read moreA Bookish Post
Not to state the obvious, but I bought books this week. These aren’t even all of them – my husband has a couple in the bedroom, and the new Dean…
Read moreYou Don’t Say
A funny thing happened last Friday night. I finished a story draft for the first time in a year. A full short-story draft that needs revision, and editing, but might…
Read moreIt’s Time.
I’ve said it before, and can’t overstate enough just how messed up 2025 has been. Between politics and deaths and changes in work and routines and health stuff and…well…*everything*…I feel…
Read more88 Days
That’s how long it’s been since my last blog post. Four days later, on March 21st, someone I worked very closely with died, and that set a chain of events…
Read moreChunk It Up!
If you are still waiting around for ideas to hit you, or working on developing an idea or a world before you start writing, you really need to toss all…
Read moreEscapism and Other Fun Things
Obviously I am still struggling with schedules and focus, but I think that’s the case for many people in the US these days, so I am just rolling with the…
Read moreBe Your Own Curator & Don’t Feed the Beast
It’s been an interesting week – better, since I shocked myself out of my politically-driven funk. It got bad enough last weekend that I actually deleted the FB app from…
Read moreOn Doom-scrolling, Exercise, & Vacuuming
I think a lot of us in the US have probably been sucked into “doom-scrolling” over the past two weeks (doomscrolling? doom scrolling? I’m too lazy to look up the…
Read moreTeeter-Tottering Along
I’ll admit, even though I knew last week’s euphoria couldn’t last, I hoped it would a bit longer. It’s been a rough week though, and I’ve done probably more thinking…
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