Level-Up! Essence of Green :: May 2019
“There is a wildness in the air, a spice that belongs to more than lilacs or the sweet woodruff blooming beneath the trees. Ferns glisten with morning dew, and somewhere, […]
Lessons in Wanting Too Much (& Doing Just Enough)
It’s the end of May, and this year, you may have noticed, my weekly post schedule has pretty much fallen to a monthly post, after 2 years of consistent, weekly […]
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: Mar-Apr 2019
“Milk-white clouds pillow in an agate sky. Buds swell tightly against slender branches, and soft, mousy catkin beg to be patter by children on their way to school. Fresh rain […]
How NaNoWriMo Supported my Mental Health
April is one of the months where a spin-off from National Novel Writing Month holds it’s virtual “camp.” Camp NaNo is a 30-day challenge where you set your own goal […]
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: Jan-Feb 2019
“Winter fights valiantly to hold the land. The earth and the sky are grey, leaden, and heavy with the cold. But here and there, scattered like jewels in the sodden grass, the first slender tips […]
Lessons in Drafting Edits
I’ve talked about this book before, but The Felled Gods began as an idea in early 2014. In 2018, I gave it to a Beta Reader, who liked it, and […]
The Jackal Who Came in From The Cold :: Now Available
Last year I wrote a short story about a mythical creature for a spy-themed furry anthology. It’s called The Jackal Who Came in From The Cold, and the stories have […]
My Reading Challenge for 2019
For 2019, rather than focus on a number of books and rushing to reach the goal, I want to finish the books I’ve started. As usual, I AM still aiming for 12 […]
Word of the Year – 2019
Intention I debated different words for 2019, all a little less passive than my past ones. Since 2011, my previous words have included ‘strength‘, ‘connect‘, ‘improve‘, ‘settle‘, ‘kindness‘, ‘create‘, and […]
2019 :: Closing on 2018 and Mapping Out This Year
“Will somebody, let me see the light within the dark trees shadowing. What’s happenin? Looking through the glass find the wrong within the past knowing. We are youth. Cut until […]
