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January 2026 Prompt and New Year Goals!
It’s a new year and time to get started on new writing and life goals! I know some people don’t like the idea of restarting just because a calendar page flipped over, but I do. Every year, I create new personal goals for myself. I don’t always finish them all, but it helps me to Continue reading
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2025 Year in Review
It’s a new year! So exciting! Here is what I meant to accomplish in 2025: How did I do? All in all, it was a good year! I am looking forward to this one and accomplishing new things! Continue reading
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Books I Read in 2025
It’s almost a new year, and that means a new reading goal. My goal this year was 52 books, which is the highest I’ve ever set my goal. I’m happy to say that I surpassed my goal and I’ve read 62 books! There is still time, and it’s possible that I’ll read one or two Continue reading
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October 2025 Short Story Prompt
Well, don’t mind me over here having a mild panic attack! My computer died today out of the blue. Luckily my brother-in-law is a tech guy. He talked me through it and off a ledge. He thinks my motherboard is failing. Granted its a five year old laptop, but still…. The universe is not operating Continue reading
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Nanowrimo is cancelled … sort of
So if like me you’ve been participating in NANOWRIMO in November every year, you’ve probably heard that they are out of commission. The website and business side hit some struggles and didn’t recover. However, for me, Nano was something I looked forward to every year. I didn’t go to the events or participate in the Continue reading
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Top 3 Things I bought this year that I didn’t NEED
Okay, so this a very random post for me. If you visit my site, I usually write about writing, reading, and books. (Which is mostly the same thing.) But I was recently thinking about the things this year that I’ve bought that weren’t NEEDS but have greatly improved my day to day. If you’re wondering, Continue reading
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July 2025’s Prompt
I’ve had a wonderful month. My family had time together doing some things we’ve been looking forward to. One of the things we did was go see The Wiz. It’s always been my favorite musical. I’ve never seen the live version. It was absolutely amazing. As we were getting ready to leave my daughter said, Continue reading
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A New Favorite!
If you’re like me, you pretty much like most books you read. That’s not saying that every book is my favorite, but I rarely regret reading a book. That being said, I do have a handful of favorites. Before this month, my five favorite books haven’t changed in around 20 years. Here they are: However, Continue reading
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Read So Far…
What is everyone reading right now? Anything you’re really excited about? I’m almost half way to my reading goal for the year! Here is what I’ve read so far this year, plus some small comments/highlights: Overall, I haven’t read a book I didn’t like this year. It’s been a great year, looking forward to the Continue reading
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Book series… how do you read them?
Okay, legit question, if you’re reading a book series, how do you read it? Do you like to read a series back-to-back (which means it has to be complete)? Or, do you read them spread out over time, either when they’re released or at your own speed? I don’t like to read them back-to-back, even Continue reading
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