JuNoWriMo 2020 Day 13

Today was interesting. I wrote 1274 words. 😦 Buuuut, I posted a video about one of my short stories, "Bondye Bon"! Yay! 🙂 Coming from an introvert and a reformed technophobe, this is a big freaking deal!    

2017 Year-End Reflection AND 10 Reasons Why I Plan on 2018 Being Even Better!

Soon, the year 2018 will roll on in. Looking back to all that I've accomplished, in spite of the struggle and medical hardships (yup, maybe I'll share that someday), I can finally admit that I'm amazed and proud of myself. Before I sat down to type this post, I had to think back on every …

Quotes to Write By – Day 20

In an earlier post of the "Quotes to Write By" series I cited Mervin Block's quote "nouns are the bones that give a sentence body. But verbs are the muscles that make it go." Well, let's have a little discussion about adjectives and adverbs.   Believe it or not, these descriptive parts of speech can …

Books Transmit Values

I just learned about this event today and wish I could have attended. The above quote by Walter Dean Myers, a children's book author and best known for young adult literature reveals a lot about the way I started to feel when I realized that a lot of the books I read didn't reflect me in …