Because who doesn’t love dogs dressed up as pirates? And because who wants to edit a post when totally exhausted and emotionally drained after a craptastic day? So instead, you just post a picture of your adorable dog. Because, seriously. How cute is he? I’ll be back at tomorrow. I think. This chick […]
10 Life Lessons from Storyline – Part One
Y’all. I’m exhausted, emotionally and physically from learning ALL THE THINGS at the Storyline Conference. The best way to characterize what I heard and learned the last several days is this: Life Lessons. There’s just so much goodness that was had there. Just like moving into a new house, I’m still breaking it down and unpacking it all. This […]
ALL THE FOOD
You guys. When you write and publish stories every day on your blog for thirty straight days for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), you’re going to have some days where you post non-sensical, shallow, silly stuff. Stuff that is really quite…well…boring and uninteresting. You know – for your own sanity. I just can’t dig deep […]
The Life of an Anxious Writer on a Deadline
Let me tell you all about the glamorous life of an anxious writer. On a deadline. Are you sure you’re ready for it? I don’t want you to have a serious case of “envy”. So prepare yourself. If you missed out on yesterday’s post, let me fill you in. I signed up for not one, but […]
Thirty Days and Thirty Thousand Words
Bless it. The curse and the blessing of being an overachiever has overcome me. I have signed up for both NaNoWriMo AND NaBLoPoMo because I don’t want end up with FOMO. Huh? NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month NaBloPoMo = National Blog Post Month FOMO = Fear of Missing Out Doing one of these things […]
I’m DONE! For now anyway…
Day 30 of National Blog Posting Month (NABloPoMo). You know what that means, right? I’m DONE! Finished! Finito! For now anyway. This is a big deal to me. Because writing and publishing work, every day, for 30 days straight is hard work. Which you’ve already heard me whining about in previous posts. The big deal […]
The Lies I Tell my Child
It’s true. I do. Lie to my child. Because, even though we teach our children that lying is bad, bad, bad. Well…sometimes, there’s just no other choice. I mean, I try not to, but sometimes, it’s just so….convenient. And you know how I’m always all, I’m trying to write my authentic story and share the […]
On Writing About Mental Illness
Yesterday, the prompt for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) was this: What is the most controversial thing you’ve ever written on your blog? What compelled you to write it? And as per usual, I don’t always write based on the daily prompt, and when I do, it’s not usually on the actual day I was supposed to. […]
Ten Things You Don’t Say to a Parent Whose Child Lives with Mental Illness
My twelve year old son lives with mental illness. His first diagnoses, ADHD, came at the age of five. Subsequent diagnoses have since followed, beginning at age nine, when he was treated via outpatient hospitalization for five weeks for depression and mood instability. I openly discuss and write about our experiences as we’ve traveled this […]