I had a knot in my shoulder and zero motivation to do anything yesterday evening when my dad reminded me that we had plans to go see This...

The past few weeks have been a struggle for me. I’m struggling to deal with the turmoil in the world and the turmoil in my brain. “Push &...

I’ve been planning an end of the year post for a while, but after these past few weeks, I really felt like I needed to wrap up what has...

Life is weird when you’re going through a divorce.  You break down crying over random receipts, anniversary cards you’ve saved make you...

I’m not entirely sure what the next chapter of my life entails, but some of it is starting to come together. I am going to quit my day...

There is no way to make the phrase Mr. Vaughn and I are getting a divorce any less ugly.  It’s raw, like the way the spot in my chest...

When I spoke to my parents a few days ago we discussed a lot of random things, but the SCOTUS ruling was a big one.  They were thrilled...

I have every other Friday off from the day job and typically, I get up around 7 and go right to work on writing or writing-related...

I didn’t have a chance to talk about my mother on Mother’s Day, so combining these two posts will have to do. My parents are awesome....

There was no flash fic for me today, for a number of reasons. The biggest is that I came down with a nasty cold at the end of last week...

As you know, things have been a little crazy around here.  I managed to get three days off work that fell at the same time as my normal...

Unfortunately, I had to skip the flash fic again.  As eager as I was to write this particular prompt I am once again drowning in work. I...

Today’s the sign up for GRL this fall and I’m sad to say I won’t be going.  I left it last year planning to go as an author but the...

Scent is a funny thing.  It triggers so many memories and there’s no controlling them.  The memories leap out when you least expect them....

Astrology is something I’m more inclined to giggle at than take terribly seriously, but there’s something to be said for how nutso people...

I’ve been writing like mad in the last week and a half and have over 15,000 words on Evan’s story.  The story’s outlined, I have a clear...

For all my moping about not being able to spend Christmas with my parents, I got myself in gear, bought two stockings (ours were at my...

I have mixed feelings about Christmas this year.  I’ve been so busy with the novella that my Christmas preparation didn’t really get...

My heart hurt this week.  There’s so much anger and pain and wrong in the world right now and it makes me ache.  At time I’ve felt...

If you’ve read my books, you know I love including food (and wine!) in my stories.  Yesterday when I ran across a Buzzfeed article about...