The one where I share with you how the first week went Want to see where this is all coming from. Read about my writing map for Spring here. Monday, 4/1/24 I’m home today since we were at the ocean on Saturday and we spent Easter with my family yesterday. After dropping Moochy off at … Continue reading Following this Writing Map // Week 1
Because March was directionless and I want to be going in a direction I’m doing a thing! I created a writing map of sorts. Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I’m calling it a map because I need direction for my writing dreams and goals. March was…directionless. The first three months of 2024 have been … Continue reading A Writing Map of Sorts
How I won NaNoWriMo 2022. Finally. The final installment of the NaNo 2022 series. Because NaNo 2023 is HERE! (Seven days!) And I’m ready to do it all over again 🙂 This post is made up of the updates I posted on my writer’s Facebook page and Twitter as I stopped to take breaks. I … Continue reading The Final Update // Day 30
Remember when I wrote 50,000+ words last November and I told you all I was going to write about it? And then never finished the ending? Well, this post is the almost-conclusion. Because NaNoWriMo is back (in eight days!) and I’ve gotten a burst to finish last year’s series out 🙂 This post is made … Continue reading The Penultimate Day // Day 29
A nighttime poem, written in a moment, about that moment, trying to make a way back to creativity and words.
We achieved a long-time-comin' goal and now I'm afraid it's not good enough. On May 29th, 2020, Anthony and I wrapped up May's budget and made our final debt payment on the student loan. WE'RE DEBT FREE! It was surreal. It still is to a certain extent. We told our landlords because they were our … Continue reading Life in the Middle
Day 22 "lessons from quarantine" here, today, right now the only moment we have i'm embracing it This one came to me while putting away today's second load of laundry. How do you wrap up an entire 157 days worth of lessons in 17 syllables? And let's be honest, I haven't been learning this entire … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 22
In which I share 10 wins from my personal life. Listing out good things is helping me keep life in perspective.
Today we both wore collared shirts to work. Anthony has been wearing one everyday for two months now. I wore my first one ever today. AND it has the name of the company on it! (It's the little things, people.) It's my second-ever company shirt. I received my first company t-shirt literally two days ago. … Continue reading On Living Our Best Life
August 27th, 2016 // Winding through the canyon on Highway 49 Saturday morning, I listened to the very first episode of the STORY podcast, which you can find on iTunes. (It's essentially a way for the people who attend this conference to stay connected to it all year around). And honestly I don't think it … Continue reading Let’s Change the World
Mrs. Writer 