I’ve been doing some long-term thinking about writing careers. A few of the writers I know have recently made very different choices about their writing careers than I would have, and I’m still thinking about it. So I figured I’d do some of my thinking “out loud” as it were. Back in the bad old […]
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I’m curating a StoryBundle that will run during the month of August (though technically speaking it starts July 26th). The title? Potions and Midlife Notions. It’s paranormal women’s fiction – frequently, it’s women who reach menopause and find out that they have magic. MUCH more info about that in the call below. I’m also putting
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This is the title of the StoryBundle that I’m putting together. I need novels (NO collections) that are in the Paranormal Women’s Fiction genre, dealing with magical women of a certain age. I prefer a mystery focus, NOT romance. There can be a slow burn going on in the background, but the primary focus cannot
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I’ve been doing hydroponics since mid-year 2020. I started because I was honestly concerned about the food chain, and being able to grow my own veggies, as I was eating so many of them at that point. I started with two little kale plants. One of these kale plants is still with me, almost three
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I’ve written before about how I changed my diet. A quick recap. Back in 2009, I went Paleo. Removing grain and sugar from my diet was one of the best things I’d ever done for myself. I didn’t lose weight, but I lost four inches from my waist, half a ring size, and so on.
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I had cataract surgery done on both my eyes in March. The blur is all gone, and I’m seeing clearly. However. I have tremendous glare when I look at any light. This isn’t just at night. This is daylight, looking at the lights in my kitchen. I always see lens flare or glare around every
Essay – All About the Eyes I have successfully had cataract surgery in both eyes. The last surgery was a couple of weeks ago. I figured I could talk about the experience for those who might at some point be facing the same. I did not have the slow-growing cataracts that 80% of the population
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I finished the Dragon novel today! Huzzah! I’m really happy with how it ended. The epilogue and last chapter felt very satisfying to me, particulalry the last few lines in each. YAY! I even celebrated. Had a very small piece of chocolate, then took Blaze and I out to dinner tonight. I don’t always celebrate
One of the reasons I keep writing about sleep is because I keep looking for what we refer to as “the magic handshake.” Generally, my husband and I use that in reference to writing, how new (and sometimes older) writers are always looking for that one magic thing that’s going to make them a sudden
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I appear to cycle between drinks for my warm morning beverage. For a time, I was all about the coffee. Roasted my own beans. Was starting to experiment with my own blends. Etc. Though I still loved coffee, coffee stopped loving me. My body was not happy with my favorite beverage. So I switched to
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