Some of you may remember that in January of 2024 (and then in February when it was rescheduled due to the weather) I booked my very first speaking engagement as an author. When I was asked to give a presentation about writing to a bunch of 7 and 8-year-olds I was both nervous and excited. I started to wonder, “What’s the worst that could happen?” Presenting to elementary schoolers is certainly not for the weak,
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a “do as I say, not as I do” kind of person. I’ll tell people to take it easy and take care of themselves, but I’m usually the last person to follow my own advice. Mark (and my friends, and my therapist…)
I’m going to be honest, I did not make much progress on my writing goals this month. Skull Daddy is still with Trevor for additional feedback, and I decided to let The Tunnel rest for a month. After losing weeks worth of work and having to re-write it all at
I’m bad at asking for help. Between being a stubborn little goblin and a human trying to heal past traumas, I find it easier and less stressful to do things on my own. Until, of course, I can’t. Despite the job title of “self-published author” there are just some things
January’s supposed to be a calm month, right? Everyone’s recovering from the holidays, no one wants to go outside, it’s my birthday month… This should have been easy. Should have. When will I learn that there are no calm months when I’m involved? On the business side of things, I
It’s the first bonus post of the new year and I had hoped I would have more to talk about. Thanks to Mother Nature, the two events I was supposed to attend before today were postposed. So that’s it, there’s no topic. See you next week! Just kidding. Instead, I
If you’ve seen me bemoaning my fate on social media this week, you’ll know that I was supposed to give a talk about writing to a group of 8-year-olds. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans and my talk has been rescheduled. Now, I’m not telling you all this to whine
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