Tweet Here in the Northern hemisphere, it’s mid-summer. Readers everywhere are loading up their e-reading devices for summer beach reading and vacations. But what about the good people South of the equator, who are now in the middle of winter? They deserve to curl up in front of the fireplace and enjoy a good read […]
Tweet So, I’m 27 this year. I love that number… 3 cubed. Yesterday my mother called me to tell me someone’s getting old. I said, “who?” Then she came up with some arbitrary number she tried to assign to my age. I told her, “Guess what mom! I’m turning 27 tomorrow!” Not sure why that […]
Tweet July 30 marks the 1-year anniversary of I Loved You First, and we’re having a celebration! Five days of fun and prizes. And best of all, your’e invited! Over $100 in prizes Every day a new prizes, but you’ll have to hurry! Each giveaway lasts just 48 hours. And to wrap everything up, one […]
Tweet It’s been about a year and a half since I published my first piece, Control Freak: Brandon’s Story. Two incidents today made me reflect a little on the work. As part of the Nursing program I’m in, I had to become CPR certified… something I did today. When we were doing the infant CPR […]
Tweet So I’m actually making some significant progress with Chasing Shadows. There are days I feel like I’ll never get through it. Other days, I knock out a scene or chapter and think every scene completed is a step in the right direction. I’m in the center of the book now and see I got […]
Tweet Once in a while, I come across a movie I have to share. Today, that movie is The Stoning of Soraya M. So what’s it about? Set in 1986 Iran at the start of Khomeini’s reign, director Cyrus Nowrasteh’s drama tells the true story of Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), whose husband plots to have her […]
Tweet On Friday, a package came for me in the mail. It took me by surprise since I didn’t remember ordering anything. After some investigation I found the name of my oldest daughter in the place of the sender. On my gosh! A Mother’s day present. I opened the package and found an adorable figurine […]
Tweet I’m a mother. You’re a mother. Okay… maybe you’re not a mother, but you have/had a mother. Well, unless you were a science experience grown in a vat, then maybe you’ve never had a mother. Then again, science experiments could have mothers. I’ve seen quite a few movies on the subject: Species, Mimic, Deep […]
Tweet I swear my plans never seem to align with my motivation. I meant to accomplish so much last month. Well, that was my plan at the start of the New Year. Then an abundance of happenings sucked my motivation… mostly school. It seems I’m one of those people who can only concentrate seriously on […]
Tweet My goal was to finish the 3rd story of Control Freak this month. There’s still time. If I get busy, that is. Actually, I just have a couple of pieces to finish with it before edits. Oddly enough, this short story continues to expand. Brandon’s Story is about 3500 words, and Regina’s Story is […]