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Piper held up the banner and straightened it out as best she could. The banner was over three feet long and her arm span couldn’t stretch that far to make sure it was completely flat against the wall,...

2019 is right around the corner. I have no idea where 2018 went… I don’t even know where December is going. I can’t believe we’re just about halfway through the month. It’s crazy. December has always been a...

https://youtu.be/SgF0k-EBzdo The Merry Writer Podcast The Merry Writer started as a hashtag game on Twitter and Instagram. Hosted by Ari Meghlen and myself, The Merry Writer Podcast is a fun, friendly show about all things writing and bookish....

I’m not good at writing summaries. Or blurbs. Or synopses. Whatever you want to call it. I try to whip up a decent one for my blog and for my NaNo page every year. Obviously, I think it’s...

Last week’s prompt was Drama. Here’s mine: Graduation day from high school was the best day of my life. I no longer had to spend seven hours of my day listening to teachers lecture and I no longer...

A couple of weeks ago I talked about the Calm app and how I use it. I don’t use its full potential as I have the free version and it does what I need it to for now....

I have written plenty of posts where I discuss how plans change, schedules are disrupted, and routines need a break once in a while. Yesterday was voting day so I had the day off from work. I was...

I bought a paperback copy from Barnes & Noble. Summary: First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond… then came the ‘suicide’ that was murder… the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat… a suspicious...

23,081/50,000 Words Huh. It’s been a few days, hasn’t it? Well, the reason I haven’t updated this thing is because I haven’t written anything since my last post, which was Day 6 (Tuesday). I had a huge writing...