Category: Musings
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#MySexySaturday: Keeping It Sexy
Welcome to the My Sexy Saturday blog hop. Can you believe this is Week 99? I haven’t participated every week, but it’s still nice to be nearing such an impressive milestone. From the blog: This week’s theme is Keeping It Sexy and we’re thinking about all the wonderful things that lovers do to and for […]
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Good or bad, reviews are a gift
Reviews are a funny thing. When you’re waiting to be published, published author friends warn you not to read them. With good reason, I’ve realized. A negative review has the power to make you doubt everything. When you encounter criticism, you can start to question your ability to string words into complete sentences, your self-worth, your […]
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Manic Monday No. 4: Where in the world is Arlene?
I spent the weekend in my room in Flagstaff, sorting and packing — and still I barely made a dent. Packing up 15-plus years of accumulated crap is hard, y’all. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I spent Saturday night and Sunday morning with trash bags and cardboard boxes. I also enjoyed a Saturday-morning gabfest/brainstorming session […]
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Manic Monday No. 3: A painless podcast and taxes done
How’s this for a manic Monday: I finally finished my taxes. Yes … #TaxesDone. I’ve been putting it off for months, dreading the result. Fortunately, the experience wasn’t as painful as I’d feared it would be. That was a relief. Another thing to chalk up in the “not as painful as I feared” category? Taping the Writer Groupie podcast […]