Publishing Pains to Fulfillment: When Everything Goes Wrong but Turns Out Right
Time Flew Today!  I can’t believe it’s Wednesday — almost midnight already! So many things have happened since Sunday. First, my book finally went live yesterday on Amazon — both the eBook and paperback! Getting this one published was one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve ever dealt with. It felt almost like something, […]
🌙 “Almost Back from the Editing Abyss: Lessons, Laughs, and Late-Night Rewrites.”
Hello and Happy Sunday! I’m Back! Well – Kind of.🙃 If you follow me, you may have wondered what happened to me since I technically missed three blog postings. I realize I should probably start with an apology for going radio silent these past week. Between editing, rewrites, and life’s curveballs, time completely got away […]
When You’re the One You Can’t Let Down🦋
A Midweek Check-In with My Writer Self Happy Wednesday, all you Lovely Souls! I did it! What did I do? I put my phone down and left the house to get some work done. I’ve been saying I was going to start going somewhere other than the house to work on my novel — or […]
Looking Back, Living Forward!🦋
What Would Your Younger You Think of You Now? The other night, I was watching a show where the four main female characters looked back at their teenage selves and how they had handled a situation. Their adult selves were dealing with a similar experience, which brought about the remembrance scene. They came to realize […]
Bittersweet Messages
Have you ever had a Cran-Merry Drink? The ingredients consist of sugar, white grape juice, cranberry juice, blood orange juice, fruit, vegetable juice, stevia extract, coconut milk, coconut cream, cane sugar, and about 15 other ingredients. With all the sugar, you would think it would be sweet, and it is, but it is also tart […]
Some Hidden Costs of Adulthood: A Personal Journey or Rant🤪
What Is It With Growing Up? 🤪 I remember when I was a teenager, not quite 13, I had a friend in her mid-twenties. She wisely told me, “Don’t rush growing up; have fun because it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. You have to pay bills, find a job, and take care of […]