If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time (Thanks!), you know that I’ve got a weekly feature called Five Thing Thursday. This week, I’d been kicking around ideas for today’s post and I thought – in the spirit of Five Thing Thursdays, I’d talk about five things we can all do while we’re …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: After a week and a half of self-Quarantining (No, I’m not sick), my schedule is an absolute shambles. Thing #2: I’ve learned this about myself: The day job, once I’ve let it into the …
Well it sure has been a week, hasn’t it? I hope you’re all safe and well on your way to adjusting to the new normal. There’s been quite a bit of shake-up around the world lately and it’s had an effect on all our lives. Myself, I’m working remotely until the turn of the month …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: It looks like Balticon is going to be a no go this year. I’m still waiting on official confirmation, but that’s the way the wind is blowing… Thing #2: It’s dark (as I’m drafting …
I don’t know about you, but coming into this weekend kinda felt like we were on the cusp of “Something” happening. It seemed like we were all collectively bracing for some kind of impact. Now I haven’t been living under a rock, I know all about what’s going on in the wider world, but the …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Try – and I don’t say this lightly as I’m self-aware enough to know that this’ll take some effort – and unplug one day this next week. Thing #2: Earlier this week, I have …
I’ve been sick. So much so, that I’ve been off the day-job for the majority of the week. I’m feeling better, but I’d like to take a look at this past week and maybe dispel a myth or two. If you’re like me, you’re juggling other stuff in addition to writing. There’s the day-job, family, …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: I’m sick. Not Coronavirus type sick, but it’s kicking my ass none-the-less. Thing #2: I even took two days off writing, because I didn’t have the energy – and that’s ok. Thing #3: I …
As a writer – as a creative of any kind really, but I’m speaking from a writer’s perspective – there is a lot of pressure on you to produce. Some of it is external. I hear now-a-days that one book a year is starting to be not enough. In my opinion, that kind of pace …