‘Positive affirmations and my life’ When I was about seven or eight years old, I asked my Mother why scary books are scary, if they aren’t actually true. She told me that we convince ourselves that what we are reading is true, at least for the characters we are...
Life and all ThatPosts
{80} The Value of a Woman
My mother was beautiful. Then she wasn’t. I’ve been pretty invisible most of my life; I’m not pretty, wealthy, thin, or famous and so I’ve lived in that average mundane body that I was born into. I’ve looked better and I’ve looked worse, and while I loathe my face and...
{74} Friend’s Prompt #3
“empanadas” KenK prompted me “empanada” with zero explanations and, I suspect, zero expectations. I think I can spin this as a lesson in cultural isolation, though. I spent the latter part of my childhood in the Central Florida area, which has a strong Hispanic and...
{75} Friend’s Prompt #4
“Toe?” Of course, Classical Sass’s prompt is short, succinct, and vivid. Toe? Toe what? Toe jam? Tip toe? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM MEEEEE???? But okay: Toe? You can see my toes, but you may not touch them. No one may touch them. I have a hang up about my feet which has...
{73} Friend’s prompt #2
“Ever thought about how depression is like wearing sunglasses in the dark? You struggle to see any remnant of light around you.” I was struck dumb when I first read Erinn’s prompt, above, because it seems pretty complete as it is. The answer is yes. Yes, depression is...
{71} Today, my back hurts
So instead of actually BEING productive I’m going to make a list of things I’m doing or doing-ish The day!job is assumed, these are all my personal projects: Wolves of Harmony Heights (novel — in edits) Encyclopediaists of Mercy Jane (novel series — in planning)...
{68} the resistance
This is a post about writing, and not writing, and (sometimes) doing things. I was talking to my friend Kim McShane tonight at dinner about writing and jobs. Neither of us is particularly looking for a new day!job — we both have found pretty good positions that allow...
Daily Blog project at Medium!
A couple of months ago, I got into a "I will if YOU will!" dog-dare with Heejin about doing a blogging challenge on Medium. The goal is to write a post a day for a year, yes, 365 days in a row. Even as a professional author, I find that intimidating... But I'm racking...
Trading Futures
I very clearly remember the day when my future was traded away by my mother, in exchange for an ephemeral financial reprieve.