I’m having a bad mental health day. You’d think a new puppy would help with that, but I have to go to work today. Therefore, I will lack the good vibes of the new puppy. And believe me, this guy helps. For now though, I just have to get through my day. It’s also my […]

Yes, it’s puppy day. Well technically Saturday was puppy day. Anyway, everyone, meet Parker. He will likely consume my every waking moment for a week or two. Just five months old, and he’s a Chi-weenie, and has been rescued from a hording situation and lived at two different rescue places. He’s touch-starved and has some […]

I actually did get some writing done this week. Not a ton, just a few hundred words, but that tells me that writing at work isn’t working for me.I tend to write in hyperfocus mode, which means that I can’t be interrupted. My job is hospitality based, so that doesn’t work on even mildly busy […]

I did not get any writing done. I, instead, made price projections for all the shelves and furniture I’m making this summer. *sigh* Anyway, I’ll try again today. Wednesdays are usually pretty quiet at the museum, but honestly, given that it’s rainy and schools are letting out, anything is possible. Regardless, I need to make […]

Since I work Tuesday through Saturday, this is my Monday.Yesterday I did the usual, ran around starting projects, finishing projects, making bread, and just generally letting my ADHD guide me.Today, I’m hoping to write something. The well of creativity that pushed at me seems to have dried up a bit. Maybe I just need the […]

Trying to keep this latest story just a touch fluffy, but it’s hard. I don’t know why I’m locked in on trauma at the moment, but I have to keep rewriting scenes to lighten them up, emotionally. That being said, I am still writing.

I’ve restarted and rewrote this silly Lost Story at least three times now, but it’s finally starting to gel. And I’m seeing a “theme” to these Stories, which will make it much easier to edit them together into a narrative. Yes, my Pittsburgh books are all shorts, but they are shorts strung together by a […]

So I redid the opening of that Lost Story and I liked it. Then it was the holiday weekend and I was busy. So, very, very busy. Gardening mostly. Our house has extensive gardening that has been felt untended for, well, years, before we moved in. This summer is all ripping it out as 1. […]

I rewrote parts of the story yesterday and thought it was going well. Then I reread this morning, and it’s funny, but it’s forced. So I’m back to rewriting once again. However, I got to walk into work today, which mean lots of thinking time, and I think figured out my problems with this particular […]

So I’m hating this Lost Story so far. The characters feel forced, the settings are all wrong. I may have to delete it all and start from scratch. I’m 3000 words in and all of them suck. Okay that’s not true at all. Rita’s had a few gems and Matty, as always, steals scenes. Still, […]