Good morning.

You wake up in the middle of the night, all the tasks you didn’t complete hovering over you, poking at you, tearing at your PJs, reminding you of all the disastrous outcomes that will ruin your life if they’re not checked off. You remember why you abandoned writing to-do lists. Eyes bleary, you stumble out…

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Yes. This. Again.

My personality dictates that whenever I go through a challenging period, I seek answers for particular questions. Did I do this to myself? Could I have avoided this? Will it happen again? How has it changed me? Are situations here to teach us anything? Or are well all just fumbling along, hoping that Lady Luck…

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Because I can

I had an experience a week ago, that has shaped and refocussed my energy towards my writing. There’s a place in my mind where stories come from. I cannot say for sure where it is, or how the stories get formed or how they shape my life. They’re in there. I write something. They’re out….

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A Servant of Hananja

Over the weekend and this past week, I’ve been consumed by the World N.K. Jemisin built in the Dreamblood duology. The story was so compelling and surrounded me with its mysticism and compelling characters that I came out of it and immediately constructed the beginnings of an outline for a fantasy story set somewhere in…

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Becoming better @Twitter

image by Elijah van der Giessen I have not honed my twitter writing skill, but I have excuses. People on Twitter are meanie-bobeanies sometimes, and I just don’t like the energy that bickering online leaves with me. I’m a verbose story teller. Just ask me what I had for breakfast and prepare for a 20…

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Abandoning fear

Fear is the act of imagining the worst that could happen in the future, visualizing it in your mind, and then allowing it to generate bad emotions in the present moment. Sometimes it becomes an art, when it is practiced regularly and not challenged. I’m going find another hobby coz I think I’m tired of…

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Imagination is a muscle that can be exercised, and many readers love to use it. Trust them to know what you’re talking about. Don’t overexplain.

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire My rating: 2 of 5 stars I borrowed the audiobook from my public library and listened to it while I was on the treadmill. I’m sure I’ll get the spelling of some of the names wrong. Enjoyed: 1. Characters that were so diverse in temperament and identity. 2….

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Book Review: A Stone Called Fred by S.M. Locke

A young man wakes up to a buzzing, fizzing commotion on his kitchen table. He dashes out of his house to avoid what he believes is the complete destruction of his home. Except, it doesn’t explode. This book was a quick and quirky read (I finished it in one evening) about all the possible things…

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