2020: A Look Forward

Welcome, Everyone, to the first Blog Post of the New Year! If you’ve followed me here from 2019, thanks for sticking with me, and, if you’re new to the Blog, Welcome aboard! This year while, empirically, no different than any other, feels particularly significant. For starters, 2020 is an election year. I don’t normally get …

Five Thing Thursday: January 2nd.

Welcome, everyone to the First installment of Five Thing Thursday for 2020 and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! This year, I hope you find everything you’re looking for. Thing #2: Vehicle problems suck. Intermittent vehicle problems do not suck intermittently. Thing #3: The latest edition of …

2019: A Look Back

Here we are at the final Blog post of 2019 and I’d like to take a moment to look back at the past year, focusing on some memorable moments. It’s been…Well, maybe it’s just me, but it seems like (for at least the last 4-5 years anyway) right about this time, I keep hearing people …

Last-Minute Gifts for Writers

This year, I figured that I’d try my hand at one of the “Gifts-for-your-writer” posts. The idea hit me around July, and… Well, I won’t get into the details. Suffice it to say that the subject matter for this post is kinda on brand. Speaking of brands, I am not going to mention any names. …

Get Real

For those of you that don’t know me, this time of year is one of two times during the year where I drift pretty heavily into an introspective mood – the other time is my Birthday (which is in July, so they’re nicely spaced apart). Here we are NaNoWriMo has passed, and the New Year …

Five Thing Thursday: December 12th.

Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of this earlier, but if you’re looking for something new to listen to, try checking out video game soundtracks. Thing #2: QUEEN’S WILL update: I am drafting!! …

Ask

I’d like to follow up a bit on one of the Things from last Thursday’s post: Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. I don’t know about you, but for me, this is sometimes much more difficult than it sounds. It’s easy to self-reject. It’s easy to say to yourself, “They won’t want …