In honor of Prime day (...found out it was Prime day the day of because I'm clearly amazing at being an "influencer",) and my unending adoration of lists, cats, and run-on sentences, here are some Amazon purchases my fellow captor and I have made for our feline overlords over the years that have made our [...]
Kitchen witchcraft for the expert, or culinarily challenged. via GIPHYJulia Child Foundation / Via Giphy / giphy.com Whether you are the next Julia Child or are at risk of cutting off a finger chopping cucumber, this list should help you increase efficiency, or feign culinary competence and or terrify and alarm your friends and [...]
My head is buzzing today. Like a hive of angry bees swarming around their queen, I can't figure out which way to go to accomplish the extensive to-do list before me. And when there is SO much to do, I find myself opting to do none of it. Instead, I read a book (which, I [...]
I'm dreaming of a write Christmas, waiting for the muse I used to know, Where the character arcs glisten, And demons dogs are hissin’, and plot holes are backfilled with plows of snow. I'm dreaming of a write Christmas, With every inciting incident, I write, May your Baes be suited for a fight, And may [...]
Here are my notes / main takeaways from today’s Comic-con at home panel about “the best advice I ever got” with host Tricia Narwani, and panelists / authors: Sarah Kuhn, Micaiah Johnson, Alexist Henderson, Josh Malerman, and Kevin Hearne: Advice they’ve received: Try not to write the parts that you yourself want to skip. This [...]
This has been such an important time for reflection. So many people have been enlightened lately. I've been enlightened to my level of ignorance and naivete, and am hopeful that these revelations continue, and spread like a new pandemic of equality. Someone reminded me recently to use "I" and "me" less in any posts because [...]
I'm an anxious person. I consider it a quirky personality trait, and one that hasn't really seemed to scare anyone that matters away, yet. Anxiety manifests itself in weird ways. Sometimes it is over nothing, sometimes it is over the idea of nothing. Usually, it is my own personal emotional trigger that creeps up [...]
I had grandiose plans to get elbow deep in my latest project today. It's one of those stories that starts off as a hypothetical conversation with a friend and quickly morphs out of control like a wildfire in a cotton field. If you asked me, I'd tell you I was a "pantser." To a [...]
Have you guys been more or less creative in captivity? Although my work schedule is mostly unchanged, my habits were altered dramatically. I spend less time writing, and less time reading, feeling as though the extra time should be spent doing something "more important." ...and I hate that feeling. Do you ever feel the same? [...]
New article on Taylor Magazine! In what feels like just overnight, the world that we knew has changed. Parents have children of all ages home for an unknown amount of time and are struggling to fill the enormous shoes of our teachers and daycare leaders. Children are bouncing off the walls with excess energy and [...]
