Welp. It's finally here. The big one. The big "three-oh", the age that media has taught me means I'm old, and society has marked as the beginning of the end. Guys help, I'm thirty. When I was younger, there was this movie, 13 Going on 30. Thirteen year old Jenna wishes to be “thirty, flirty… Continue reading Nearly a Grandma
I struggle with keeping resolutions. I know I can’t be alone in this. My writing group had a discussion about this recently. We were asked to share our writing-related goals for the group. One of our members shared her thoughts on goal setting, and mentioned that she doesn’t like “resolutions”. When I asked about why,… Continue reading 2021 Goals
So this year was weird. I’ll spare you all the speech. We all went through it, after all. I personally didn’t get to visit my family, who live in the States. Officially now, I haven’t seen them in over a year, which is a little weird. We had a nice quiet Christmas, just my boyfriend… Continue reading Quiet Moments
We're back, with another Dad Story! Red cars/trucks with Christmas trees have become kind of an icon for my Christmas. If I see one, I have to buy it. (That's pretty hard on my wallet, they're common now.) That's because of this story. I was in first grade when it happened- it happened while I… Continue reading Dad Stories No. 2: The Christmas Tree
When I was a kid, playing D&D was the nerdiest thing you could do, like the lowest level of nerd-dom. I don’t know where this stigma came from specifically, but I have some examples. Does anyone remember the old Disney show, Recess? (Let’s pause for a moment of nostalgia). There was an episode called “Lord… Continue reading D.M. Sometimes Stands for Dungeon Master
I called my dad today and had him re-tell his rowboat story that I mentioned in this post. I think it was built up in my head a little. He used to tell it to us when we were kids, and we found it very exciting. It’s not quite as good as I remember (sorry,… Continue reading Dad Stories No.1 : The Rowboat Story
My love of storytelling comes from my parents, and rituals from my childhood. Books, of course, are a given. I could probably dedicate an entire blog post to my love of books, but that’s for another day. I was reading at a young age (not a brag, I swear), so books have just sort of… Continue reading Storytelling, Part 2
I thought I’d take some time to talk about my career and writing. I have always felt like I’m a bad writer. It’s not that my writing itself is bad, it’s that I’m not dedicated enough. I referenced this in a previous blog post: the writers group that specified, This is NOT a group for… Continue reading Storytelling, Part 1
My depression causes me to do some crazy things. Sometimes, I blame a lot of my life choices on depression. Depressed in school? Let’s SWITCH MAJORS! No job? Let’s MOVE TO FLORIDA! Still no job? Let’s GO BACK TO SCHOOL! Ok, those aren’t terrible examples. These did lead me to my current life, which I’m… Continue reading Adventures in Depression Pt 1
Oh goodness, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted! This is going to be a short post, and my regular posting will come back this week. I stopped posting in mid-March because of Nano prep. I did April’s Camp Nano, and actually met my word count! This is a first, guys! Never before in… Continue reading Sneak attack!
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