Happy New Year to all the IWSG friends stopping by today! We are ringing in 2023 with unseasonably warm weather this week here in central Illinois. Yesterday’s high was a record-breaking 66° F (30° higher than usual, and 40° higher than this time last year). It’s going to be a little closer to normal today, […]
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Merry Everything (December IWSG)
Hello, friends! Even though I feel like I’ve been sprinting since the end of August, this fall has been a productive one. I’ve managed to keep up with my Kindle Vella story (more on that later), and I entered two contests last month (NYC Midnight’s 250-word micro-fiction challenge, and Doug Weller’s Six Word Wonder contest). […]
Continue ReadingOne for Me, Two for You (August IWSG)
I haven’t written for the Insecure Writers Support Group blog hop in a few months, but I’m climbing back on the bandwagon this month! August’s question is: When you set out to write a story, do you try to be more original or do you try to give readers what they want? I think most […]
Continue ReadingIngredient no.2: Affirmations (12 Months of Happy)
This winter has been hard, emotionally and physically. We’ve had someone sick in our house almost constantly since the middle of December, including another round of COVID-19 in mid-January. Not surprisingly, my focus on my 12 Months of Happy project definitely, uh, took a hit during this season. As I’m pulling myself back into that […]
Continue ReadingSMART 2022 Goals
Are you a New Year’s resolutions person? I personally dislike the term “resolutions.” When I hear it, I always picture a younger me, dewy-eyed and naive, with nebulous aspirations of achieving great things without a real plan — or even a good grasp on what those great things are. Just, you know, be better than […]
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