Ya Girl’s Gotta Blog
On writing, business, and stories we tell
The trusty thread
After yesterday's fiasco of sitting before my blank wall and staring at nothing for a good hour, I forced myself to do it again. It almost felt like groundhog day at first because it started as every day starts. Walking my dog. Boring I know but the boy loves his...
It’s a hot one…
I'm having "heat brain" as I call it. It started off hot today and just got hotter. So when it came to writing, my brain felt like it was just impossible today. I stared hard at my screen for a good hour. I follow the rule that if I have slotted an hour to write, my...
Courting the Romance
I'm writing about raven-style courtship rituals today. You see, it was my friend Amanda Johnston's birthday the other day and I missed our usual tradition of writing each other something. In this case, it was a bit of softness, a bit of romance. I owed her it (still...
A hot spring day & horses that surprise me
I'm an equestrian. A lifelong one at that. I've been riding since I was five years old, which puts me at a solid thirty years around horses. I've owned horses since I was fifteen, which puts my current partnership at twenty and seven years respectively. In those...
A Decent day is worth its weight in gold
In contrast to yesterday's nightmare fuelled anxiety, today was a decent day. You ever have one of those? Where it isn't great but it just decent? For someone who deals with BP2 and anxiety disorders, a decent day is pretty great. In addition to cutting two lawns and...
Nightmares and getting through the day
I woke up at 6 this morning and ended up crying. It was the remanent of a panic attack. One of those leftover things. I get panic attacks so often that after they are done most of what i feel is frustration that I still get them. Despite quarantine, I've been doing...
Getting an early start
I'm not an early riser anymore. Since COVID-19 reared its ugly head, I've been out of work. So my usual bed time slots have changed from a solid 10-6 to 12-8.30. Which to me is not longer an early riser. But when it comes to writing, I try very hard to get things done...
The best mashup you’ve ever seen?
My favourite genre is when two genres are mashed up to make one. I love a good multi-genre book. I love lots of books, to be very fair, but I love it when I get two genres that I love in one big mash-up. For reasons that may become obvious, my favourite author was...
Back to the grind
With a day off from what I love doing, I was ready to get back in the saddle. The saddle I had gotten some sores from, as it were. I found myself chafing at my bit (okay, enough equestrian analogies) to get back to work. This time around it wasn't 3000 words to write...
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