I took the day to recharge. I took a salt bath and breathed in the scents of my favorite candles. I wandered in stores where I knew I wasn’t going to buy anything and listened to my favorite music on full blast in the car. There was no planned destination. Just a day and aContinue reading “Sunday Solitude”
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Sunday Solitude
Tomorrow is Sunday Solitude! I cannot wait. I’m so tired from this week, and I’m ready to get some hours to myself. I got my books and my curiosities, and all the pens and notebooks I could ever need. I’m going to think and not think and sit in silence. I want to laugh, learn,Continue reading “Sunday Solitude”
Rest is Essential for Success
I am several things and all these things want my 100% but I heard something the other day. It was, if you’re everything to everyone, you become nothing. So maybe I don’t have a completed storefront, I started one and I will continue to add to it over time. I don’t have a fully runningContinue reading “Rest is Essential for Success”
Motherhood as a Writer
“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.” -Meryl Streep I absolutely love being a mom. I like being around my kids. I enjoy helping them and guiding them toward their best lives while we all learn to navigate this life together. I also have my own dreams and goals, so IContinue reading “Motherhood as a Writer”
Write For Today
Why do you write?
Stories I Like
“After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” – Philip Pullman I have always loved imaginative stories. They light up my life and give me so much possibility, hope, and excitement. I like stories of metamorphosis, love, and things that remind me how human I am. I likeContinue reading “Stories I Like”
Thought Inspo
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” – Ernest Hemingway Well this get philosophical real quick. What is the truest sentence you know?
Hey, Let’s Hear it!
“You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.” – Michael Connelly Shut up isn’t exactly what happens when you write 23 novels. I feel like that’s the complete opposite of shut up. But I get it. Once we finish one book as writers, it’s timeContinue reading “Hey, Let’s Hear it!”
Writing Life
“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.” – Ernest Hemingway I’m tired today. I had the worst headache last night, and it kept waking me up. Sleep is usually the cure for me, so the factContinue reading “Writing Life”
My Summer Entertainment
I never finished Mr. Robot, and now that six seasons are on Netflix, that’s probably what I’ll be watching for the rest of the summer. My current reading rotation is Awakening by Nora Roberts, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen, and TheContinue reading “My Summer Entertainment”
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