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You All Wanted A Hospital Story… My July 2025 Writing Update

July 31, 2025

It should be no surprise by now that I started the month with a trip to the ER. And although my doctor and I are still doing some detective work to figure out the exact cause of the mystery pain that’s plagued me since April, there is one good thing that came out of my health problems. A lot of people joked / suggested that I should write a horror story about a hospital. Well…

Belated Predictions: Time For A Tarot Check-In!

September was a rollercoaster. There were ups and downs, last minute plans added to my schedule, chaos, success, happy tears, sad tears, and everything in between. Becoming a full-time self-employed author is the best decision I’ve ever made, and it keeps me on my toes. So with all of that

Spooky Prep & Secret Projects: September Writing Update

Unfortunately, there’s not too much I can talk about in this post. I’ve gotten a lot of writing and editing done this month, but there’s also been a lot of planning for October. And I can’t talk about any of it. Yet. This year, I will not be doing the

Paradox

Given the protests that took place yesterday, coupled with the increased homophobia and transphobia, it felt right to share a piece of creative non-fiction for this month’s short story. Written for ReedsyPrompts Contest #85, the prompt for this piece was “Start your story with the line, ‘That’s the thing about

Finally, Part 2! My July… Er, August Reading List

If you remember last month’s book review post, I had planned on spending all of July reading books by Catriona Ward and Joe Hill. I did not meet my reading goals, so August was a catch-up month. I even managed to add books to the list that were not by

Getting In My Own Way: The Next Tarot Check-In

This past month has been exhausting. I’m sure given the amount of social posts and blog posts on the subject that you already know this has been my first month as a self-employed, full-time, self-published author. If reading that sentence was draining, that’s what my work life has been. There

Who’s You Daddy? August Writing Update Part 2

By this time tomorrow, I will be finished with my Skull Daddy edits. For now. Currently, draft 3 is sitting at 22,244 words, and that count will likely be higher by the time I finish editing those last two chapters tomorrow. “But why don’t you finish those edits right now?”