http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ArthurWatts-PaintersAnthology/ quality=86 s=3 2020 has kicked my butt (sorry, Mom). The biggest thing I've learned about myself this year is that fear invades my entire life. It's kind of annoying, and it's killing my writing. Confession #1 : Fear Drives a lot Most of My Decisions as a Writer. Fear driven decisions are a… Continue reading 3 Confessions of an Unpublished Writer
August Wrap Up
What Happened Turned 32 Bought myself a Baby Yoda shirt My childhood best friend moved to Louisiana Started our fourth year of homeschooling Read my first Agatha Christie mystery I FINALLY PASSED THE MIDPOINT IN MY NOVEL Realized I still have to write the other half of my novel Took a class on writing Book… Continue reading August Wrap Up
A Time To Rise | Book Review
A Time to Rise | Nadine Brandes | Out of Time Book 3 Awards : None She was ready to die. She was supposed to die. But Parvin Blackwater is very much alive. In the final installment of the Out of Time Series, Parvin won't let anything—including death— stop her from tearing down the Wall… Continue reading A Time To Rise | Book Review
July Wrap Up
What Happened Moved my writing time to 7AM Spent two weeks rewriting chapter one of my novel Ran the Bluegrass 10k even though it was cancelled Presented a talk for Memoria Press's 2020 Sodalitas Night sailing at the lake Vacation! Visited the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Top of the Rock Attended my first live… Continue reading July Wrap Up
How to Develop Reading as a Habit
I've always loved to read. By the time I married my husband and moved into his place, I owned over a hundred books. (He had a more. And then we bought some more.) But loving reading isn't enough. In 2013, I found my old habit of reading died underneath distraction and business. What I… Continue reading How to Develop Reading as a Habit
A Walk Around the Block | Poem #15
The Peace of Wild Things When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come… Continue reading A Walk Around the Block | Poem #15
The Biggest Lie We Believe About Strong Female Characters
Strong women, as they’re portrayed in a lot of fiction and films, have a problem. They act like men (albeit hot men with curvy bodies and perfect hair, teeth, and nails). This bothers me, and it should bother you too, because we’re being fed a lie. Male and female perspectives each possess great worth, and… Continue reading The Biggest Lie We Believe About Strong Female Characters
June Wrapup
What Happened Planted a backyard garden Everyone forgot Covid-19 Watched the world go mad Cleaned 14 empty suitcases out of my basement Custom Harry Potter dust jackets from Nerdy Ink (finally) arrived Cleaned behind my washer and dryer (after 7 years of neglect) Discovered I can draw What I Read Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims … Continue reading June Wrapup
Seven Thoughts for Independence Day
America is kind of a miracle. Seriously, England should have beaten us to death. But here we are. American history is filled with both bad and good things. In spite of her flaws, I actually still love America, and I'm thankful to live here. I love George Washington. I will never be ashamed of this… Continue reading Seven Thoughts for Independence Day
A Time to Speak | Book Review
A Time to Speak | Nadine Brandes | Out of Time Book 2 Awards : None Parvin's Clock foretelling her death has zeroed out—and she's still alive. She's returned back across the Wall to her village in the USE only to find herself an outcast. Living as a Radical, free from her Clock and USE control, Parvin… Continue reading A Time to Speak | Book Review
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