I get WAY too excited about setting goals for myself. There’s something about making plans–for my writing career, for projects I want to complete, and for self-improvement–that soothes my anxious mind. Although change and I aren’t friends, as I’ve blogged about before, I do find it deeply satisfying to work toward changes of my own […]
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The last time I did a ‘good things’ post was back in May, and it turned out to be a real mood-booster for me. This spring was immensely stressful, and taking the time to reflect on the things in my life that were making me happy helped make that stress more bearable. The irony, of
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Today is my birthday, and I am happy. I haven’t spent the days leading up to today angsting about getting older, or whether I’ve done anything meaningful with my life, or whether I’m ever going to do anything meaningful. I haven’t stressed (too much) about whether I’m celebrating the “right” way or celebrating the “right”
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I never thought I’d actually get to say this, but I’ve finally started querying Facing the Music. It took years of my life and more work than I could’ve ever predicted, but I’m so freaking proud of how the manuscript turned out, and I honestly believe that it’s the best thing I’ve written to date.
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I don’t know about the rest of you creative types, but I’ve had a complicated relationship with my creativity/writing this year. On the one hand, I feel like I’ve regained a lot of my confidence–in my process, as well as in myself. I want to be creating again, and that feels very revolutionary for me.
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I know, I know. We’re already well past the year’s midpoint, which makes the title of this post kind of pointless. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s never too late to check in on my writing goals, celebrate what I’ve accomplished, and decide whether there’s anything I need to re-evaluate. Between the New Years
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This has become my go-to format for when life gets busy, apparently. 🙂 Loving What can I say – I just love summer. The warm, sunny weather, how much easier it is to spend time outdoors, the way the light lasts and lasts. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realize that I use
Because it has been a chaotic few weeks (or months, let’s be real), I thought I’d blog about something a little different. Something that impacts my life as much as it impacts my writing. Anxiety. I’ve been pretty open in the past about having Tourette’s Syndrome, but I tend to push my anxiety disorder under
I don’t know about you all right now, but with the political climate in the US being what it is, I’m finding it harder and harder to stay positive on a day-to-day basis. That’s not to say there aren’t good things happening to me, or to the world at large. But when your healthcare is
Because I’ve seen this particular format floating around the blogosphere for a couple of months now, because I’ve wanted to try it, and because I’ve got nothing more pertinent to post this month. Enjoy! Loving Up until recently, I would’ve mentioned the warmer weather we’ve been having. But then it got rainy and cold and,