Self-Care is super important. I’m not talking about just having a day or night off where you do whatever you want or need in order to slough off the negative happenings going on. I’m talking about professional self-care. I highly recommend looking for a local spa with a good reputation and making an appointment. I…
Dr. J.’s Famous Last Words: I have a pleasure platform and I am going to use it. When the three of us get together, we come up with all kinds of ideas. Unfortunately, at this time, the only way we ‘get together’ is by video-chatting. Sometimes, scheduling is a bit off. We have to make…
Where Did It All Go? It seems like time is just flying by. Sometimes, I wonder if the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy is sucking in the time that I feel I’m missing. I want to move a little closer to it, just a smidge mind you, so that time…
I almost started ranting about things that didn’t belong in this post, but I wrangled my inner demon (to release her another day) and got back on track! Well, it’s that time of year again, you know what I mean if you live in a place where the seasons change regularly. And even if you…
When it comes to sex, even today, we are having to fight to bring it out of the darkness. Schools teach – if anything at all – abstinence and disease and the mechanics. They don’t bother to teach you about consent – because you shouldn’t be having sex anyway, right? Growing up, we didn’t talk…
We’re all very busy people! Who has time to write reviews? (Please keep writing reviews, I’m being a wee bit sarcastic here!) There’s a feature I stumbled upon accidentally when I highlighted some text. I knew about highlighting previously – for like reference and to copy and search, or maybe get a definition for a…
Last week, I was invited to Skype into Dr. J.’s writer group. The ferocity of our combined energy caused funnel clouds to appear in my area, but hell, what fun it was! Last week the talented Dr. J. invited me to Skype into her writers group get together. You have no idea how excited I…
This post is a little… okay, a lot emotional. This is post two in my “Being a Good Author Friend” series. Stay Tuned, there’s always more. I recommend tissues if you watch This is Water. I highly recommend watching This is Water. Everyone is influenced by someone or something happening around them. While I attribute…
I want all authors to take a deep breath. And then let it out. Take another and let it out. One more time, breathe with me. I feel it’s been very difficult for some authors out there to be good author friends. Or, perhaps they are only good author friends to authors who fit a…
If you’re new to this ‘writing thing’ and have a day job to pay your bills, you probably have no idea how to get in a little writing time when you’re supposed to be working. Disclaimer: No Slacking I am not giving you permission to slack off at work. If you have projects to do…
Part of writing is using your fear to get the story out, or using your emotions to make something more compelling. This TMI Tuesday post is really personal and a little scary, so here we go. 1. Would you take a course in advanced sex positions? Why? If I did, it would probably just to…
Today, let’s talk about social media and interacting with others. First off, pick your platform. If you love Facebook, then focus on that one. If you love Twitter, then make that your main squeeze. I tend to be a Twitter focus-type. While I do post to Facebook, it’s most often an auto-post via my WordPress….
Have you heard the song by Korn called ADIDAS? If not, feel free to check it out at the end of this post, it’s pretty fucking good. I have to be completely honest here… I don’t think about sex all day. I do get ideas at random times from random comments I hear. Sometimes if…
Life: dating, your body and more 1. What period of your life was the happiest? Why? Well, last Saturday was pretty happy watching my daughter walk across the dais to receive her bachelor’s degree. Happiness tends to be a difficult emotion for me to tackle and hang on to. I’m generally content, though. Now don’t…
Writing a story is like unraveling a skein of yarn. I crochet and I am one of those people who doesn’t make balls of yarn – I just pull from the skein. If you do this right, you’re in for a smooth ride. However, there’s always that one skein that is full of bunches of…
I wanted to try some more new things to get my muse all worked up, so here’s TMI Tuesday fun for you! 1 – Lights on or off? Honestly, I don’t think this matters to me. It matters what my partner would want, though. If they prefer the lights off, then I’m cool with it….
Why Everyone Should Write Eliza David (@ElizaDWrites) said it best on twitter when she sent out to the world: “I want every woman to pick up a pen & write. A novel, an essay, a blogpost, a poem, a sentence. Your words deserve a voice. #FridayFeeling“ I’d like to add to this though. Not just…
In case you were unsure, I’m a writer. And, in case you are not a writer (or have never been around a writer), writing is hard. It’s recently come to my attention that I have a lot of content. Well, when I’m writing Sizzling Nibbles, Masturbation Monday, have Sharing is Caring, Between the Stories, Excerpts, and…
Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby On a serious note, though, it seems that sex is more in the news now than ever… and a lot of it is bad news. People coming forth about molestation and/or rape years (sometimes decades) after the horrific experience. I hurt for the people in the world that have gone…
Laundry Day I have a friend who struggles to write and I feel bad. I do my best to write. I try to write at lunch, which doesn’t always pan out. I try to write in the evening, which again, doesn’t always pan out. The point is, to be writing in some way. I gave…