Julie was so much fun to chat with. She has many other interesting interviews. Worth checking out! Here is the blurb from her site. Science, I.T, Dungeons and Dragons and Epic Fantasy, may seem like an odd mix, but they blend together really well. Ask author Claudia Blood. Claudia joins me for a fun, in-depth…
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Live chat on Building a Following
Come check us out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FMM2Hlhw48 #goindienow
Speed Dating Tomorrow!
This is way outside my comfort zone. But I am super excited to be a part of this. I’m going as Joshua Lighthouse from Book of Secrets. There may be dusters, hats and crossbows. Am I kidding? You’ll have to join us to find out. Register once and you can join any of the sessions:…
Do you do new years resolutions?
I don’t like resolutions on new year’s day. It feels like I am telling the universe that the only possible time I can make a change is on some significant day. Like the beginning of the year or beginning of a month or a birthday. I believe that each day you can work to change…
Focus Fox: The past
Focus Fox says: The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation. The past participle is your current action. Unknown and writerly mashup
Focus Fox: Life
Focus Fox says: Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Or a a writer go through the process of trying to get traditionally published. Mashup of Anais Nin and a writer’s plight
NaNo and me
According to the Nano site I have been doing NaNo since 2006. I’ve had some wins and some loses and skipped years. I tried to write the year I was pregnant and due in November. Needless to say once my water broke, I was not able to complete that year. I know that there are…
Journey mindset and writer’s brain
After I posted about uncertainty, Ryan, one of my buddies forwarded me a link to an article about the journey mindset. “The important difference between pursuing ‘meaning’ and ‘happiness’ in life.” Was one of the quotes that struck me. I just finished a class to help me plan for a quarter with writing related goals….
Day one – operation dear god did I really set the alarm for that early
The alarm buzzed and worse the light on my alarm clock goes on. Who invented this torture device? Were they a closet sadist? I have to pee and my mouth tastes bad. Dazed. confused. I can ignore those facts. The bed is warm.Was that my alarm or some great cosmic joke that thinks o-butt thirty is really a time. I manage to find…
Judged
I still have fear of letting out the crazy and being judged, but as I get older I care less about that. I realize no matter the safe choices I might make, I am being judged. So why not be judged for who I really am rather than who I think they want me…