Personal Journey Story Category

Thanksgiving

Should be shared. Yes, I attempt to live my days with a spirit of gratitude and thanksgiving—but sometimes I fall short. I can become self-focused, discontented, wrapped in anxiety, and need to combat this negativity with positive self-talk. I’ve been thinking recently that thankfulness shouldn’t only exist in my head and heart, but must turn […]

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Time for a writing update…

I’m feeling pretty good! Bonds of Magic series: Dreamcatcher series: Red Hour: Other: Wish me luck that I make more progress on my 2023 goals before the year ends!

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Goodbye Spooky Season…

Time to get back to fantasy books. I went to the library earlier this month to grab a stack of spooky season reads, but instead of just running in and grabbing my hold requests, I spent about twenty minutes sitting on the floor in front of the SFF new release shelf. When deciding what to […]

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I am officially querying!

And ready to wait. I’m querying agents for Seeds of Power and it’s exciting to be finally putting myself out there! I know it takes a long time to hear back (if at all) but I am ready to wait. I don’t need to see my book published right now and I believe a literary […]

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My new writing assistant…

Is more like a distraction. We have a second miniature schnauzer in the house! Meet Murphy, the baby of the family. I now feel like I have four kids: a teenage son, canine middle child Scooch is 11, my younger son is in fifth grade, plus the new puppy. We intended to get a puppy […]

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I am actively writing…

Despite summer distractions! I’m writing new scenes for a book I actually want to publish someday instead of just random things. I’m so happy to be productive again. While youngling was at morning nature camp, I got a little me time in and opened up Red Hour. I started from the beginning, making minor edits, […]

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Taking breaks…

Is healthy! It’s time again to leave the laptop at home and take a break from my writing goals. It’s been a busy year of volunteering at youngling’s school, reading/reviewing, editing/writing, and taking care of my home and family. School is out (yes!) and I’m currently enjoying a little time away from the keys and […]

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2023 Goal Check-in…

Not too shabby. Bonds of Magic series: Dreamcatcher series: Red Hour: Other: Wish me luck that I make more progress this summer and fall on my 2023 goals!

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Spring is here, gone, and back again…

So it’s time to refocus on my health goals. It was 80s and then it snowed on my pretty flowers and now it’s warm again. Welcome to the Midwest in spring! Thankfully, I’ve been walking outside again instead of on the treadmill in the basement. I get bored on a treadmill and quit earlier than […]

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Balancing two projects…

Can help my creativity. I was really excited to jump into edits of Dreamweaver (book no2 of 4 of my Dreamcatcher series) but… I lost some steam. So I opened up Red Hour and wrote a few scenes I had skipped over when I originally drafted it. You know, that one action scene in the […]

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