I have heard a great deal of writing advice over the years. The ones that seem to stick out the most in my mind though are the writing advices given to me by my teachers of so long ago. In middle school, I had a teacher who drummed it into my head that words like […]
Tag: #WriteYourOwnStory
Music
I have always loved music. I have loved to sing. When I was little, I would sing at the top of my lungs and often made up my own songs. I have sung in multiple choirs, often as a soprano and second soprano. Until the pandemic, I sang in my church choir. But I have […]
Accomplishments
I’ve long deleted the message, but a few years ago I was told via a text from someone I thought I was close to that I had no accomplishments of my own, so I was hanging on to those made by others as if they were mine. In reality, I was extremely happy for this […]
Cold and Thaw
It’s winter in Iowa, as I have already blogged in posts. We had a mild December. It was 70 degrees one day and Christmas Day was a beautiful upper-30s (F) kind of day. We got used to the weather, which spoiled us. But 2022 has come in like a lion. Last week it REALLY came […]
The end of a season
Earlier today, I finally took down my Christmas decorations. I have friends who take them down on the 26th of December. They are quite religious with it too. The holiday is over and they are done with Christmas. I have friends that leave them up as long as they can bear. One year, I was […]
Cats
I have a love for cats. I always have. When I was growing up, my family only had two cats as household pets. We had a cat named Tigger when I was a baby, so I don’t remember him much. The other cat we had was a rough and tumble gray burly thing my mother […]
Newest Novella Published!
I am thrilled to announce that the next story in the series is available on Kindle. I heard a new voice calling to me. Meet Albion, the halfling, who doesn’t know who or what he is…. There’s dragons, some magic, a fairy tale AND one favorite Portal Seeker and Emissary in the mix. This story, […]
Winter
I live in a small city just outside Des Moines in Iowa. Winter has finally struck here. It’s cold. Yesterday there was a high of 16 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of -14. I didn’t leave my dwelling, for it was too cold to do so (and I was recovering from my first work […]
Write Your Own Story
I recently was asked by a good friend why I often use the hash tag #writeyourownstory on my various social media posts. It started out as just a simple phrase that I typed into one of my novels in a moment of inspiration. I didn’t plan it out, I just wrote the words and they […]
Rest
It’s been almost a full week since I have written anything. A full week….. My brain needed rest. My body needed the rest. Last Friday, 17 December, I started to feel like I was coming down with some sort of cold or flu bug. I had the scratchy throat, aches and pains (which always hit […]
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