Writer. Dog enthusiast. Velociraptor masquerading as a human female.
It's already August 2021? How? How did July pass so quickly when it was excruciating? Filled with apathy, self-doubt, malaise. I'll chalk it up to pandemic fatigue, wallowing in the heartache of knowing that it's probably going to be at least another year before I can see my family in person again. And the frustration... Continue Reading →
Now that I've moved and finished revising and submitting my novella, I'm going to try to get back into the habit of writing these monthly accountability posts. But what exactly is it that I want to accomplish during the month of July? I don't have any big deadlines or major things to prepare for coming... Continue Reading →
Hello. Good to see you. I feel like it's been a while. I've been at the wars, fighting adverbs into submission, hunting down those insidious "thats", "justs", "reallys" and all those other filler words that weasel their ways into first drafts. It's been a time. I was working on revising the novella I wrote for... Continue Reading →
Seeing as January's on the way out, I suppose it's past time for me to do my end of 2020 blog posts. I haven't really wanted to blog. I reached the end of 2020 and didn't feel like I'd accomplished anything worth sharing even though I know that's not true. Despite everything going on with... Continue Reading →
November was intense and so was September, so I'm going to take it somewhat easy in terms of writing this December. I'd like to revise some of the short stories I wrote during September and get them resubmitted. I have a list of ten stories, maybe eleven if I get to a story that I... Continue Reading →
I spent a lot of time this November, while in the throes of NaNoWriMo, thinking about perfectionism, specifically the relationship between my perfectionism and my writing. According to dictionary.com, "perfectionism" as a word dates back to the 1830s-40s and refers to "a personal standard, attitude, or philosophy that demands perfection and rejects anything less." That... Continue Reading →
NaNo by the Numbers That's right, my lovelies, not only did I "win" NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for them that's new here) for the second year in a row, I gave it a thorough trouncing. The goal was to write 50,000 words in 30 days; I wrote 73,292 words. So, as I said, 73,292... Continue Reading →
Okay, I know we're already a week into October, but I've still got goals, and I've only just finished scooping my brain off the floor and pouring it back into my skull following my September Story Challenge. Anyway, it's October. Spooky Season. The month preceding November in which writers worldwide descend into the voluntary madness... Continue Reading →
TL:DR: That time I submitted 17 stories 31 times over 29 days.
I'm pleased to announce that my short story, "You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18" has been published in Infinite Worlds Magazine. I had a lot of fun writing this little sci-fi humor piece about not being a dick when encountering alien races. I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as... Continue Reading →
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