Photo by Pixabay on Pexels It’s the second week of January, and I’ve made good on one of my New Year’s goals: aiming to write at least...

Photo by Oscar Keys on Unsplash It’s January 2024. A new year. A fresh start. Even though I hadn’t watched the Golden Globes in several...

Image source: Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels I’m sort of so-so on New Year’s resolutions. It always sounds like a good idea, but then...

Photo by Cara Shelton on Unsplash I read Stephen King’s On Writing during my holiday break. Though I do think Lamott’s Bird by Bird is...

Image source: Merlina McGovern And that, folks, is a wrap. A wrap on the year that seemed to last forever, that is. This year started off...

Photo by Mark Angelo Sampan on Pexels What am I listening to right at this very moment? Not something that was released this year. It was...

Photo by  R. Fera on Pexels Ah, the last week of the year before I get to take a week of vacation between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s...

Photo by Mahsa Habibi on Unsplash Lately, movies haven’t really been at the top of my watch list. For a while, I feel as if prestige TV...

Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels It’s that time of the year when I start hearing people’s best of lists for 2023. I always enjoy listening...

Photo by Cup of Couple on Pexels I have spent the past month revising several of my short stories and sending them out to a new round of...

Image source: ​​Photo by Lisett Kruusimäe on Pexels Imagine this. A 48-year-old woman sitting on her couch typing up her daily blog post...

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash You’re sitting in the bathtub, contemplating life as you scrub away all of the dirt and stresses of...

Image source: Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels Ah, taking a nice break from writing my daily blog during the Thanksgiving holiday was...

Image source: Screenshot of the Submission Grinder homepage. This year is the year that I began my fiction writing project in earnest....

Image source: Merlina McGovern Fall. Leaves fall in the Fall. According to Dictionary.com, the word Fall began to be used to describe...

Image source: Photo by Craig Dennis on Pexels Another day, another day older. I went for my speed interval run after lunch, which today...

Image source: Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels I have to admit that I no longer take a daily multivitamin. I have a basketful of...

Image source: Photo by Pixabay on Pexels There are some people who love running for exercise. That feeling, however brief, of flying...

Image source: Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels Wow, I love that new dress! Thank you so much for your hard work; I really appreciate...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I haven’t been getting very good sleep lately (damn you, TikTok). After a long day of editing, cleaning,...