Real Life

R is for RIP Prince

I had a different topic planned for today, but the death of Prince has me reeling. So here are my top five Prince songs that I can think of right now. And by that I mean, I love...

E is for Exercise

Wait...what? It's true. I'm a fan of exercise.     One of the cruel truths of getting older is that almost every ailment can be cured--or at least improved--by changing...

#AMonthofFaves: This Is How I Read

I'm back to posting for this event over here because it just makes sense. Whatever, I'm crazy. Let's move on.     Today's A Month of Faves post is all about how we...

boring blogging angst

So after my last post, which was an epic flounce from the world of self-hosted/Wordpress blogging, I've realized that there are benefits to using Wordpress over LiveJournal: (1)...

I am neurotic, or a Zero Draft Thirty update

I was telling my friend how neurotic working on my screenplay draft was making me revealing me to be, and she said I should blog about it. So. Here we go. To recap: I did The...

Recommendation Wednesday: The Artist’s Way

This book changed my life. I mentioned in my musings on what I might do for my artist date that I was working through the book because I assigned it to my creative writing class...

September in Review and Looking Ahead

As predicted, I did not get many books read in September. In fact, I finished three: Smek for President! by Adam Rex (middle grade, audiobook) Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond...

September in Progress

It is almost the end of September, and my reading for this month is about on par with my reading for August, which is to say...not a whole lot has been happening in that arena....