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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, let alone not cooked. “How’s this?” she grunted with her chest and one side of her cheek pressed against the wall as she was completely stretched...

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 month of reflection and prep for me. Looking back of all that I’ve accomplished this year and looking ahead to see how I can improve and...

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. Join us as we ask all the “write” questions. Episode 033: How do you overcome writer’s block? In this week’s episode, Ari and I are discussing...

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 nice that other people know what I’m writing about. If anyone cares at all. I usually come up with something good enough once I finish outlining....

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 needed to be around any of my classmates. The girls were always too caught up with their looks and the boys. The boys were always too...

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. Another app I use to help me with my anxiety and depression is called Daylio. This one is a journaling app and mood tracker. I’ve been...

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 excited because I wanted to spend the day relaxing, reading, and writing. Yesterday was March first, so it was a new month as well with new...

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 death in a locked gun-room… a million dollar bond robbery… the curse of a pharaoh’s tomb… a jewel robbery by the sea… the abduction of a...

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 day on Tuesday and I was very proud of myself…except that I haven’t written since. This is what happened: Tuesday I wrote while in school. After...