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As I continue not to write, inspiration keeps sneaking up on me. I have a lot of time to think during my morning commute–ten minutes of which is on the highway. I turn on the cruise control, focus on the car in front of me, and let my mind wander. Just as I return to …
Remember how I wrote a couple novels and was all excited to pitch them to literary agents and hopefully, fingers crossed, get published? Yeah… That’s still my goal and I’m still excited about my novel(s), but I just haven’t been able to get to them. I have ALL my beta comments in for After the …
I’d like to give a warm welcome to Stephen Parrish, a writing friend whose debut novel, The Tavernier Stones, comes out May 1st (although rumor has it you can already get it online and, as Stephen puts it, “in courageous bookstores everywhere”). Stephen has helped me in the past when I was working on my …
The phone rang and her breath caught when she saw who it was. She pressed her hand to her chest, forced her synapses to shut up for a second, then pressed Talk. “Hey, are we still on for tomorrow?” He cleared his throat, a soft rumble that made her heart stutter. “There’s been a change …
(This song’s been stuck in my head so apparently this post will be in verse.) Okay, here’s the situation My parents brought me home after my “vacation” and They gave me space in their bas-e-ment Will they mind allll my stuff? Of course not. My things were kept in a storage room Safe from the …
Seems I’m making headlines.
Dear United States of America, While I was living in Mexico, you wooed me back to your shores with promises of safety, prosperity, and never-ending Nutter Butters. While you’ve followed through on the safety and prosperity bit (and yes, the never-ending NBs), there are a few smaller promises that I don’t feel you’ve fulfilled. *Unceasing …
I start my new job tomorrow (squee!) so I’m shifting back to a Monday-Wednesday-Friday posting schedule .
Do you get an employee discount if you don’t plan ahead and accidentally wear a red top and khaki pants to Target? I caught myself before dressing, but I still managed to wear a pinkish-coral top and light brown pants. No one asked for help finding the shoe department, but no one offered to help …
I spent a large part of last weekend working on my best friend’s wedding invitations. She had the basic design figured out when I arrived Friday evening, and by 11pm Sunday night we had ribbons cut and glued, hundreds of pieces of paper trimmed and stuffed into envelopes, and at least 100 labels adhered to …