I often tell people I’m not a fan of changes. Routines work best for me, even as I do plan a bit of flexibility into them as needed. Plans are made in advance and sometimes even have built-in excuses if I have to bail on them. And when changes occur, I’m often left feeling like […]
Tag: writing
Family
I just spent a whirlwind three days on the East coast visiting my blood family. As many of you know, I live in this tiny swath of the Midwest that is also called the Des Moines Metro area of Iowa. I don’t have ANY blood family here. The reason I live here is because many […]
Two steps forward and one step back
Yesterday the other half and I got news that kind of stunned us and changes the course of some of our major plans. Without going into much detail, changes to our lives have been made yet again. But that’s just part of life. Like John Lennon penned, “Life is what happens while you are busy […]
Scion
If you didn’t know yet… you can now preorder Scion on Amazon Kindle! The next novella in my fantasy adventure Portals Series will be available on Saturday, 20 September 2025. It tells the story of Ariadne, who is a secondary character in several of the other books, most notably Heirs to the Realm, where she […]
I’m still here
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in my life, so I haven’t been doing much writing on my socials. But I am still here. I am still writing. In fact, I almost have a short story done and am about to release another novella in my Portals Series. I still hike and geocache as […]
How’s it going?
I haven’t been posting much, either on my social medias or on this blog. And there’s really not a good reason for that except to say that other things have been pulling my attention. There’s been many geocaching adventures that are taking place in the heat of this crazy Midwest summer so far (because of […]
Aren’t you done yet?
It should not be a surprise to any regular readers of this blog that I love to hike and geocache. I often talk about how these adventures inspire my stories. And there is truth to that statement if you read ANY of my stories. That’s a hint, by the way…. I recently finished a challenge […]
Coming soon – A new serial novel!
My magical and wonderful readers, instead of the usual reflection fare I post on Thursday mornings, I give you an introduction to my newest serial novel, set to debut in June. Several years ago, I wrote a novel for the now defunct National Novel Writing Month. It was the first time I ever attempted NaNoWriMo […]
May the Force be with you
I’m not much of a Star Wars fan. I’ve watched some of the movies multiple times (mainly the original trilogy since, well, I am a child of the 80s) and have seen a few of the other things. But I am not a diehard fan like some of my friends and family members are. That […]
Holy Week and Random Thoughts
I’ve been a bit unmotivated to sit at my computer and write this week. Well, I should say I’m unmotivated to write when the weather is nice outside and the sun is shining through the office windows that are still grimy and in desperate need of cleaning. But here I sit regardless, watching two of […]