Since being off of social media for these last few weeks it’s like there’s been new space cleared up inside my head. I have long suspected while never fully realizing how much the constant noise of the collective chatter on
I Quit Social Media
Hi friends! About a week ago I decided to pull the trigger on something I’ve been mulling over for months. I quit social media. Specifically Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I do still have my few videos up on YouTube (I
Pandemic Anxiety: The Ebb and Flow of Emotional Wellness
I was talking with a girlfriend about the pandemic the other day when I uttered this personal fear. “Most days, I’m okay. Working, taking care of the kids, the house, life. But sometimes I wonder…what if there isn’t going to
Email Purge
Do you ever start off doing one simple thing that then becomes an epic quest you never intended to start? Yesterday, facing an email account with over 18,000 emails (mostly unread junk) I decided to start unsubscribing my account from
What I’ve Been Doing and a Giveaway
Two Quick Notes: I’m giving away one signed copy of Her Perfect Life over on Instagram today. Here is the link so you can head over there and enter! I finished the first draft of my next book! I haven’t
What’s Happening Wednesday: A Whole Lot of Writing
I don’t know why, but this writer’s life always seems to unfold in either a creative feast or famine. And as I’ve said in some of my more recent posts, these last several months have been nothing but word starvation.
Productivity During Quarantine
Mental Health Mondy and I thought it would be fitting to talk about productivity during these quarantine months. In short, for me, it’s been a huge struggle. Between the news about the virus, disruption of life as I typically know
What I’m Reading This Weekend: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Happy Friday! This weekend I’m reading, The Guest List by Lucy Foley. I’ve never read anything by her (but I hear great things!) so I’m really looking forward to this. I seem to be on a dark, atmospheric book kick
Eleven Steps For Feeling, and Staying, More Positive
Even in the best of times (and right now, we are nowhere near “the best of times”) stress, worry, and often overwhelming pressures are always turning up the burners under our life. Our attentions are constantly pulled in a thousand
The Best of Women’s Fiction Interview: Rebecca Taylor and Lainey Cameron
Interview with Rebecca Taylor at The Best of Women’s Fiction