The last thing I wanted to be doing this morning was typing this weekly update at my desk. What I imagined myself doing this morning was get

I'm trying to think back over the week to remember what I've finished. I made a lot of progress (mostly last weekend), so let's get to it: I

I got my design on this week. Not only did I finish up the interior formatting for the second edition of Tragic Darlings, I also worked on t

The interior of the second edition (or Paperwell edition, if you like) is completed. I know that I took a risk by using a fancy font for the

I'm not going to admit to everyone that I'm at the age where common movements can now potentially cause injury, but... I may have tweaked my

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It feels good to get back on track. I've broken through whatever block was giving me trouble on the novel, so next week is going to get good

I've been on a crazy train this week. Writing in precious spare moments, building momentum for one project at the expense of others--you kno

After playing fast and loose with my schedule for the last two weeks, September is now here and it's time to get down to business. I have a

I'm still getting the hang of new schedules and trying to work outside of normal hours to get a few extra words in. I think I'm going to lea

This is a week that I finally feel accomplished. I got something done. I did spend a full ten minutes being proud of getting it done before

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I've spent most of the week hitting up WriterDuet to type out that fresh draft #2 of Ignorant Bliss, but there has been movement across all

The misty fog swirls around my shoulders, leaves a blanket atop my brain. Without the occasional flash of lightning, I cannot see the path…

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It's been one of those weeks. Not much to brag about. But that just means a lot more things are rushing in next week. Some Version of You i

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The song may lack lyrics but it is nothing that you need to understand to feel what it’s like to dance in the rain and to pour your heart…

You’d be forgiven to say that the talk of the forest is in the bird’s song. That is often nothing more than a surface-level chatter…

Every week I come here to give an update on my writing, and every week I seem to be hyper-focused on one thing, then switch. I don't know wh

They say silence is deafening, but you know what? Silence is what we rarely get, so it should be held in our hand and our heads like a…

I put my head down and wrote this week, all while trying to learn more about all the things I don't know in all the writing and content cate

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It’s never a scream that brings you back. Only a quiet whisper in the ear, maybe just as you start to fall asleep. It wants to tell you…

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Date Night I ignored the plain white envelope sitting on my desk. If it was urgent, someone would have visited my office by now. I would have gotten an email label “urgent” and been instructed to l…

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The alarm clock felt like a gentle sunrise, gently summoning me awake, and the soft sheets wrapped me in a hug.

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