Life and all ThatPosts

Freedom is a Word

Disclaimer: This is an essay about the emotional state of freedom as a mindset, but I do not buy into the belief that we create our entire reality — we live in a world with other people, with politics, with wars, with disease. Externally, we are all restricted at some...

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Instinctual

In retrospect, I realize that I should have followed my instincts with WoHH. It’s a fine book as it is, a fun paranormal M/M/F romp with love, magic, and mystery. I’m proud of it! But what could it have been?

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And now for a brand new year…

I realize all the cool kid eschew New Year's resolutions, with a given value for 'cool kids' being my group of friends plus assorted publications and other 'online influencers', but I digress. I get it. We have all been making New Year's resolutions since we were kids...

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Finding Myself

[the following originated as a facebook post; I have expanded on it extensively here so it's not the same text, but incorporates it and delves deeper into the idea.] I am so weary of cynicism. I get that it is my default, along with sarcasm, as a response to difficult...

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bad years are like controlled burns*

Today is the last day of 2017. There is a lot that history will say about 2017, with many unkind but highly accurate words. I think most of us have already been using those words, often laced with profanity. But this is essay is a personal reflection and, critically,...

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