Quarterly Writing UpdateLast year, I began chronicling my mindset shift/strategy shift of "writing by the numbers." If you want to read about that, you can...
2022 Word: FamilyFirst, you need to know that this word came to me on its own, in early December. I started thinking about 2022, and it was the first...
Obit: Grafton, Good DogGrafton, Good Dog September 27, 2005--January 2, 2022 Grafton the Good Dog joined us on March 27, 2006, care of Save A Dog, Inc....
Investing in 2021It's time for my annual wrap up and reflection. My guiding word for 2021 was "invest." As the pandemic droned on, I wanted to put my...
Writing By Quarters: Q3 ResultsAs I've detailed in previous posts, this year I'm working with my writing on a quarterly basis. I set goals for how many days I want...
5 Things on a FridayBack in the LiveJournal days, we bloggers did a feature called "Five Things on a Friday". I'm feeling that today. Here are my five...
A (Little More Than) Mid-Year Review: Finding the Joy AgainMy critique group met last week, and we paused our regularly-scheduled reviews of one another’s work to take stock of how we were doing...
Writing by Quarters: Q2 ResultsAs seen in this post, I shifted how I approached my writing life in 2021. I'm setting goals per quarter, and since yesterday was the last...
Riding the Monster: Creativity & Internal EditorsFriends, do you know this monster? It's the one that sneaks up behind you, a cold claw on your shoulder, hot breath in your ear, and...
Writing by Quarters: Q1 ResultsI decided that I would reorganize my creative life in 2021, after struggling so much during the early part of the pandemic. I broke this...