When I realized that my 2024 TBR goal was too ambitious, too large, I decided to scale my 2025 goal down. I created my own 2025 Off My Shelf Reading Challenge with only 24 prompts as a way to clear my TBR bookcase. Because prior to culling my bookcase last summer, I had over 350 … More 2025 Off My Shelf Reading Challenge Part 2
Quite a while ago, I deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I did that for a variety of reasons. But I kept on with Instagram and its twitter-like spin-off Threads. I signed up with Instagram before Meta bought it. I have continued to use IG even after Meta acquired it. I like Instagram and seeing … More Come Say Hello on Bluesky
Too much going on in the writing world. I can’t necessarily process it all. Saddened but not necessarily surprised. Maybe that is what actually should surprise me—that I wasn’t surprised but just disheartened. People in a place of power and privilege using that power and privilege against those who have no power/privilege or a very … More Processing Difficult Thoughts (Or In the Alternative, a List of Fave Fantasy/SciFi Authors and Books)
Today starts the last year of my 40s. Today I turned 49. Forty-nine. Four Nine. The end year of my 40s. Another decade of life nearly done. It’s weird to think that in 365 days I will start a new life decade when I turn 50. Fifty. Fif-tee. The big 5-0. Five-Oh. A half century. … More Starting the Last Year of My 40s
I’ve previously mentioned that I don’t just have a TBR shelf, I have an entire TBR bookcase! For the past several years, I’ve slowly been trying to tackle myTBR, including this major effort in 2023. This also involves purging books that no longer spark joy. It’s an ongoing work in progress with various levels of … More 2025 Off My Shelf Reading Challenge
Last night I rather apathetically closed out 2024 at home, drinking champagne out of a mug, and going to bed before the ball dropped. Because that’s how we’ve rolled throughout 2024. All I can really say about 2024 is that it was a weird year. The graph visually represents the kind of year I had … More Hello 2025
I’m sitting on my couch, listening to music and watching my cat sleep as the clouds builds up and the sunlight wanes. We’re hours from celebrating another new year here on the east coast of the U.S. As I sit here, I’m contemplating all the things I should be doing. All the things I need … More Closing Out 2024
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