Writing Life
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A vampire Western
I’ve been using the Story Grid method to edit my stories for a little while — it’s just the best. One of the steps is to figure out what genre […]
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Chasing Monsters
My post this month is more of an update on my mental health, which as you may imagine affects my writing pretty deeply. The last five years or so, I’ve […]
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Mr. Beck
When I was a kid, my favorite class was art class. I loved it. It was free-flowing, it was creative and imaginative, we learned new techniques for making cool stuff. […]
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Had my mojo working . . .
And then I started therapy. Don’t get me wrong, therapy is good and helpful and I’m glad I started. However, I have learned that when you haven’t dealt with a […]
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I hate gratitude.
Let me explain why. I’m a pagan witch. I’m not Christian, nor do I want to be. I am in favor of freedom of religious expression, but there’s an unfortunate […]
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Big fish dream.
A few months ago, I had a huge confidence boost to my writing. Then I had this dream. My writer friend James and I (in the dream) were out fishing. […]
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Stories matter.
In trauma therapy yesterday, I quoted Samwise Gamgee. And it made me cry when I said it out loud. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role stories play […]
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Insight and wine.
Over Memorial Day weekend, my bestie and I got together for a walk in the woods and a wine date. We found some morel mushrooms (which were too dry to […]
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Ghosts.
I do believe in them. I understand if you don’t, I don’t think less of you for it. When my sister and I were kids, we lived in a nice […]
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I love cats.
Earnest Hemmingway once said, “If you want to write, keep cats.” I don’t know a ton about Hemmingway, but I agree with him about cats. I love them so much. […]
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