21 July 2022: Lessons Taken From Illness
Mental and physical illnesses are all around us, regardless of whether we're aware of them or not, and more diagnoses are happening every...
Mental and physical illnesses are all around us, regardless of whether we're aware of them or not, and more diagnoses are happening every...
Much to my father's disappointment and my delight, I got another tattoo on June 5th as an early birthday present to myself: the music box...
In the wake of another tragedy, the American people are sending out tragic infographics, adding names to seemingly never-ending lists,...
Earlier this year, I declared that I wanted to be done with the revision of Just Friends by July. With nineteen days left in the school...
From December 2020 until April 2022, I was migraine free. I don't know how or why, but for a glorious year and four months, I didn't...
Tomorrow is the start of a new month, though more importantly, the start of Camp NaNo. How did April get here so fast??? My main goal for...
Happy St. Patrick's Day! ... Now that's out of the way and everyone not wearing green has been pinched, onward to the real topic. As a...
What does it mean to be human? To me, it means empathy. To care. It's innate. We care about fictional characters, about animals,...
I've been working on Just Friends for at least seven years, possibly eight or nine, and the farther I get into this latest revision, the...
I take antidepressants. It's not a big deal—they help me maintain emotional stability as I work through my day-to-day life and my...
Happy new year! Sure, the month is nearly over, but when my last blog post was published in November (whoops, sorry y'all), it's worth...
Happy Thanksgiving! I know I've been rather inconsistent with all the things lately, but here's a new blog while I have the brain cells....
September came and went, a total blur. The month held both good and bad, but here are the highlights: Good: lots of socialization! D&D,...
I'm exhausted. I often say that I always am, and I'm sure many people think it to be hyperbole, but it isn't far from the truth. Aside...
Every writer starts out with that first draft, the very first story that hooks them in and they feel like they have to write it or...
Today was the first day of school. I had wanted to do an update about my day, which is why I didn't write and post a blog post this...
On Saturday, I went on an adventure with my best friend to Old Sacramento, just for the sake of doing something after a year of nothing....
Revisions take time. Obviously, I know this. I'm currently working on revising Just Friends as my Camp NaNo project for July, but...
If you reside on Instagram at all lately, you'll likely notice that many people are upset following an announcement about upcoming...
There's something to be said for not overloading yourself with to-do's, being flexible with your deadlines, and so on, because there's...