creative mode

It is just about two weeks into National Novel Writing Month and that means I have fallen behind on all my shows and not picked up a book since Halloween. Oof. As someone who regularly reads multiple books in a week in addition to listening/watching 4- to 5-hour-long episodes of Critical Role at least once... Continue Reading →

one word at a time

February was going to be my editing month for Ilyum I. It was. I did a really good job for the first two or three weeks. And then some stuff came up (the big thing being that we were in the process of buying a house, something I may talk about another time). I decided... Continue Reading →

five years and a ring later

Five years ago, Ethan held my hand for the first time. It was on what we came to consider one of our first dates, dubbed the Pineapple Adventure. He met me on the steps of IM West at Michigan State when I got out of practice - we’d planned to meet up before hand and... Continue Reading →

2022

Like last year, I’m approaching this year with a set of (loose) goals that I’d like to accomplish, but if I’m not able to then I’m not going to beat myself up about it. We’ve been in a pandemic for well over two years, the least we deserve is to be gentle with ourselves when... Continue Reading →

another year over

Long time no update! Back in October, I was intending to do a short post about this year's NaNo, but plotting and prep got the best of me and I got a little caught up in my own world sooner than expected. November, of course, was filled with Thanksgiving travels and NaNo, the latter of... Continue Reading →

an adventure to Mammoth Cave

Small disclosure to start: this took more time to write out and get posted than I had wanted, but that's what happens when you go right from a vacation into playing catch up at work immediately the next day after getting home. Our trip took place from July 15-19, so I'm not super far off... Continue Reading →

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