Writing Through Reality

Writing Through Reality

No matter what your feelings are toward current events in the US, we are all feeling something. Some are happy and hopeful, some distraught and scared of what will happen in the future. But the most important question is whether you are going to allow this to affect...
I Missed My Anniversary!

I Missed My Anniversary!

I can’t believe I missed my anniversary! Well, actually, I can. My husband and I regularly miss our wedding anniversary—if it wasn’t for my mother-in-law calling to wish us a happy anniversary every year we’d never remember. But I’m not talking about that one. I’m...
Getting Motivated

Getting Motivated

What motivates you to get your work done? Is it the money you’ll earn? The recognition? Some internal satisfaction? It could also be your need for control or simple stubbornness. Motivation can sometimes be reduced down to what’s called the “intention-behavior gap”....
Time for your vacation

Time for your vacation

I don’t know about you, but my boss is The Worst. She doesn’t give me any days unless I apply well in advance. I only get a sick day if I, literally, cannot get out of bed. I have to work late many evenings and am expected to show up to work by 8am at the latest. Why...
Writing for the joy of it

Writing for the joy of it

Have you ever looked at something either in your own life or that of someone else and said, “that would make a great story”? Do you play (or have you ever played) Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, or any other role-playing game? If the answer to either of these...