This is in response to John Green’s incredible book, Hollywood, Ending, which is just wow! Thanks to Bookshare for getting Hollywood, Ending so quick. I read it in 3 days of it being out in the world! One of the lines that stuck out at me is: “Except once I’ve traded those little pieces of… Continue reading Fame
This is the end of year wrap. The thing that excited me most this past year, besides AFC Wimbledon getting promoted, was finishing the first draft of my thrilling romantasy novel. There’s also been a fair amount of worry and feeling as if the precarious Jenga tower of services I depend on to live in… Continue reading What a year!
Time to pop the champagne! Oh, wait, I don’t drink alcohol! At three minutes before eleven o’clock last night, in a big rush, I finished the first draft of the book I have been working on for the past year. I am going to take a month off before I go back to edit this… Continue reading DONE! (WITH THE FIRST DRAFT)
My cast is off and pins are out just in time for FA Cup and NaNoWriMo. I'm back to wearing a regular shoe and just the typical healing and soreness after getting pins yanked out and having my leg in a cast for 8 weeks. Way to go Wimbledon on 5-1 win today for the… Continue reading Cast Off for FA Cup & NaNo
Writer's life: currently at 99k words I'm almost DONE with my last round of edits before betas. Not much time for blogging. Dream trip is DONE! I'm done writing about my dream trip. I was going to write about some stuff that didn't work well for me on the trip. I had an amazing trip… Continue reading Random post of random thoughts
Ocean updates Just so you know, this book I have been working on for the last two years is a weird book to edit. It is fun to write though and I am on my last round of editing before I send it off to the first of two rounds of betas, maybe three. I… Continue reading writing\editing updates
Welcome to 2023, everyone. Here’s my annual post about my 2023 goals. This year is going to be AWEsome as I Advocate, Write, and Explore. Advocate Affordable and accessible housing Watch the awesome video of the Minnesota Council on Disability Legislative Forum where I recently spoke with Minnesota State Representative Reyer about the dire need… Continue reading Hello 2023 – AWE
I went to three shows in 10 days in early/mid-June. Just haven’t had time to write up my Live Music Review until now. Two were at the Armory and one was in an outrageously hot bar. All three shows were awesome! The Armory Accessibility Report Update This is an update to my terrible experience at… Continue reading Time for some music!
Actually, independent living in and of itself, is cool. It’s the systems that I need for support that I’m finding incredibly frustrating. Going to keep up the good fight to live a self-directed life! “No matter how far I go, I always end up back here” Remember when I said I was getting a housing… Continue reading “Never let ‘em break you down”
I am currently at 86k words and nearing completion of the first draft of the sci-fi fantasy book I have been working on for the last year. My deadline is sometime in the first week of June. I’ll take a little time off before the rewrite process. What am I going to do before the… Continue reading 86k: what’s next?
