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Well, we did it. Made it through another Christmas. We were jolly and generous. We ate too much food and baked too many cookies. We survived hearing a million slightly different versions of the same Christmas song. (If I ever hear Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree again, it’ll be too soon.) And now, we can →

Sometimes I wonder if I ought to be writing more about writing things here, rather than whatever crazy thoughts flit through my head. Of course, this section is called Thoughts, which implies that all thoughts are welcome, regardless of quality. I probably should put a disclaimer on the website. Quality of Thoughts may vary. General →

I’ve had an idea for a new enterprise. I’m not sure if it would be a blog or social media account or what. Anything but TikTok, right? But see, I do a lot of cooking. Between my preference for plant based foods and the unfortunate fact that gluten free foods are easier on some of →

Bad news, everyone—I’m starting to get tired of Christmas songs and it’s only halfway through December. I don’t play Christmas songs exclusively throughout the month. I refuse to play any Christmas songs before Thanksgiving and afterward, I try to mix Christmas songs in with my usual music, but I think my ratios must be off →

2020 gets a lot of hate, which it most definitely deserves. But personally, 2019 was worse. I think about that sometimes. Despite the global craziness of 2020, it was a delight compared to my 2019. In fact, back in January of 2020, I remember feeling this desperate desire for a vacation. After the horridness of →

You ever have one of those days where you’re like, wow, I’m so glad it’s Friday, but then you realize it’s actually only Tuesday and you have to survive three more days still? Yeah, me neither. I do have those days where I wish I could just spend hours writing, but instead I have to →

Has it really been over a month since I last wrote anything on here? Time always goes by way too fast this time of year and I guess this year is no different. I finished Christmas shopping, which is always a relief. I don’t object to the expense of the shopping, but rather the guesswork →

I’ve always been tempted by the idea of blogging. After all, I like to write and I like to make money for doing normal everyday things. Although perhaps it’s the monetization part that’s harder than it seems. Does anybody actually make any money blogging? In 2021? Asking for a friend… I think the problem is →

Well, here we are, living in 2021, and yet we still have these dryers that won’t even fold the clothes for me. I don’t understand why this isn’t a higher priority. I know we have the technology, with everything else we can make machines to do. Why are we still folding laundry by hand? If →

I’m glad it’s finally November. Halloween was fun and all, but I’m kinda done with it. Except of course for the heaps of candy laying around my house. We got a fair amount of candy at the Spooktacular at the zoo, and then my kids collected so much candy while trick or treating around the →

Does anybody else have a hard time prioritizing? It’s something that seems difficult for me. Whenever I need to choose something to do, I look at my to-do list or goals, both of which mostly exist in my own head, where it’s safe. Writing things like that down never seems to help that much for →

Seeing as how it’s officially spooky week, I’m going to talk about what may be the most horrifying thing in the world. In fact, some of you probably should not keep reading. Today’s topic is not for the faint of heart. Today, I want to talk about the most dreaded of all dreadful things—the neighborhood →

I’ve been working on finishing up The Fiercest Chicken in the Bookstore. I actually made an outline for this one before I started writing. Yes, I know. It’s very impressive. I usually just start typing and let the story go wherever it wants to. Interestingly, this is why I resisted adding any pets to Somewhat →

It’s weird how much harder it is to not worry about something when you don’t know the ending. When you don’t know what’s coming and all you have is the hope that it will work out okay, it’s harder. But when you look back on it, and you see how it turned out, the little →

Yesterday, I got so much done. I wrote 1200 words for the Fiercest Chicken. It’s funny because with the other two drafts I’ve finished, the beginning was easy and the end was easy, but the middle felt sloughy. But with the Fiercest Chicken, I keep running out of word count before I’m out of story. →

Mornings are always rough around here. When I was writing my zombie book, Somewhat Alive, all I really had to do was to imagine how I feel in the morning and then I knew exactly how to write the zombies. (#ownvoices) Once I’ve had my coffee and the kids are safely off to school, then →

Guys, I have a problem…I play Stardew Valley way too much. It started off innocently enough. Growing a parsnip here, fighting a slime there, handing out random gifts to townspeople…but before I knew it, I had an entire farm full of crops, fully upgraded barns and coops full of animals and more chests full of →

All writers should really have a cat. It’s probably the single most important part of writing. You see, I do most of my writing sitting on the couch with the cat sitting in my lap while I type away. There is a bit of a learning curve involved, especially when your cat is on the →

Well, I did it. I clicked submit and sent my first query to a literary agent. I really want to go the traditional publishing route, if at all possible, which means I need an agent. I still have some doubts about my first ten pages. I like them, obviously. And I think they read pretty →

We spent the weekend at Disney World. I always feel so good going to Disney World, but so tired the first day after we get home. We stayed out late at Magic Kingdom to watch the new Disney Enchantment fireworks show. I did not find it enchanting, sadly. They had a quality product with Happily →