1. Cinnamon...always Cinnamon 2. Laptops and my $4 led keyboard light from Five Below 3. All of them...I love color. More color please! 4. Butternut Squash...It's like pumpkin potato and can be sweet or savory. 5. Podcasts and Audio Books. 6. Big spooky trees, clearings full of moss and acorns. 7. The memory of baking... Continue Reading →
Written Word Wednesday: The Evening of Writing Uncontrollably
The Evening of Writing Uncontrolably was this past Saturday at the Wagnalls Memorial Library in Lithopolis, Ohio. My little sister, Traci, came along to write with me, and we were joined by my friends Jill, Angie and Melissa. Traci and I got there and settled in a nice little nook in the fiction section between... Continue Reading →
WWW -Week 3 of NaNoWriMo, Writing for School and Blind Date with a Book Brunch
This was another work heavy week for school, and I had to write quite a bit for various prompts, which means I wrote almost not at all for NaNoWriMo. This weekend is the Evening of Writing Uncontrollably at the Wagnalls Memorial Library in Lithopolis, Ohio. I am super excited about it and hope I can... Continue Reading →
Written Word Wednesday – NaNoWriMo, Falling Behind and Starting Again
Well...I have broken 10,000 words for NaNoWriMo and then I fell off from writing for a couple of days. There are a lot of reasons: helping my mother move, doing homework for my MFA program, and probably the biggest reason is that I think I want my book to go in a different direction, and... Continue Reading →
Written Word Wednesday -NaNoWriMo Week 1
I have lived through five full days of NaNoWriMo! Woo-hoo! 8,693 words written, absolutely no fits had, zero editing, and having a pretty great time. I have been encouraged by family, fellow writers and several text messages from my brother in law who is living vicariously through me. I have no idea if what I... Continue Reading →
Welcome November!
Can you believe it is November already? I can't. And it being November that means that on top of the writing I will be doing for school I am also attempting NaNoWriMo for the first time. I met my word goal for day 1, and it will be interesting to see how I am able... Continue Reading →
Happy Halloween!
As a child I was at once terrified of Halloween and in love with it. When we would walk past the racks of masks and decorations in the store I would cry, or close my eyes and hide because it all scared me. I was often scared of other trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood, their costumes... Continue Reading →
I Am The Weird Girl 