The Write Life

    Late July already, where has 2023 gone? We’re over half way through the year. July has been an interesting month. I injured my hand on the job in late June, so all of July has been light duty door greeting at work. You wouldn’t believe people. 

    One elderly lady asked me if I had a gun. Startled, I asked, “No wait what?” She proceeded to let me know that the security at Trader Joes has a gun. I politely explained that I was not in fact security just a door greeter welcoming people in. Due to the injury, I haven’t been able to write a lot at all.

    We did get away for a midweek mini holiday at the beach. I was able to put my feet in the ocean. I’ll link the TikTok below so you can see. It was a gorgeous day; hot, yet windy and cool due to the ocean spray. 

    I was lucky enough to find a patch of goldenrod today, of which I harvested a bit. It is now drying. I did some research and I’m thinking about how I’ll use it.

    I’m reading Tessa Bailey right now. It happened One Summer is set in Westport Washington.  I too live in Washington state and couldn’t resist that. I’m in my romance era, which sounds weird. I was reading fantasy and then I fell into Abby Jimenez. Between her, Emily Henry, and Tessa Bailey, it’s been a fun romcom summer. What are you reading?

    I’m also frustrated. I had a supernatural witchy series I was reading on Google Play, and in love with. Last fall the author put all her books on Kindle Unlimited. I refuse to buy books from Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. It’s small, but it’s my hill to die on. I buy at small bookshops, B&N, and Google Books.

    Well then in February, she announced, they were coming back off KU and back to Google Play. I was so excited. I waited with bated breath, and nothing. At the beginning of July, I reached out to see when they would be back. (Here is my frustration.) I just heard back. Due to not making enough money, she’s putting them all back on KU. This is why I hate kindle unlimited.

     I’m just now getting back to writing, and it feels nice. I’m still planning on having my current WIP done by the end of the year. It’s not by any means a romcom. I don’t want to give much away yet. Well, I should tie up here. I figure you’ve gotten enough updates and raving rants. Love you all much! Gratitude fills my heart knowing you are reading this. Comments are golden and welcome. Below is the link to my TikTok.

 My Heart Lives Here

Hi Darlings, (waving)

So here it is. I hear all of you. “Where have you been?” Busy…Busy…Busy. I work part time still, and I’m still writing. I’m closer now than I’ve ever been. I still write fan-fiction as well, when I’m inspired. It’s been a weird couple of years, hasn’t it? The last year or two, I’ve gone back to reading a lot as well. Yes, sticking your head in books makes the world a little more palatable. I read daily.

I have so much on my plate, that I don’t want to drag on here. I want this to still be related to my writing. The witchiness, the neurodivergence are more on my ticktock. Yes, I’m there now as well as Tumblr for the fan-fiction. Man, I’m a busy bitch huh? Okay enough of an update. Ask questions, Goddess please. I’m not even sure if people will read this, but my Facebook post asking got good input. Do people read blogs? So here goes, I solemnly promise to try and update as much as possible, about my writing. I’m gonna try for every two weeks. I’m committed, because it’ll give me an outlet. I haven’t found a good writing buddy to keep accountable too. So you and you and you and you are gonna hold me to this. 😉

I’m working on a novel now. One thing you should know, going in, is I’ve discovered my deeper theme. I’m not telling you what it is because then you’ll want to read my books, to see. It’s why I love the crazy things I do. I’ll see you again shortly. I love you all. 😘