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Tues. Jan. 21, 2020: Character Cross Purposes

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Waning Moon

Hop on over to A Biblio Paradise, where I talk about books that had a strong impact on me in 2019.

It was a rather frustrating weekend, at least as far as productive writing. I’m still struggling with the end of “Trust.” I worked on, but did not finish the Kate Warne curtain raiser. I am at a crossroads with the scene on which I’m working. I don’t want to add…

Thurs. Jan. 9, 2020: Frustrations and Creativity

Thursday, January 9, 2020 Waxing Moon Uranus Retrograde Sunny and cold

Hop on over to Gratitude and Growth for the latest on the garden.

Yesterday was exhausting. I was plugging away at my client’s when one of the reps needed an email blast sent out immediately. Of course, it was near the end of my workday. Then, when I logged onto Robly, the platform we use — they changed everything on their…

Wed. Jan. 8, 2020: Just One Word After Another

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Waxing Moon Uranus Retrograde

Hop on over to Ink-Dipped Advice, where I talk about clean slates.

Monday into Tuesday was chaotic. I didn’t sleep well, waking up every few hours and having trouble settling back in. I finally fell asleep around 4:30 and missed my alarm, getting up nearly an hour late. Plus, I had weird theatre dreams, about an actor trying to convince me…

Mon. Sept. 16: September Mid-Month Check-In

How’s your September going?

We lost our beloved rescue cat Lucy on the 7th, which has set back everything. Grief is a heavy emotion; although sitting down and doing the work gives some relief, I can only do so in short bursts.

I’ve gotten some good work done on the radio play “Pier-less Crime”

I’ve worked steadily on this draft of GRAVE REACH and on the first draft of ELLA BY THE BAY (which isn’t…

January 2019 To Do List

Let’s hit the ground running, shall we?

What’s on your list? Here’s mine.

January To Do List:

THE BALTHAZAAR TREASURE release TBT media kit Update Gwen Finnegan media kit Market TBT DAVY JONES DHARMA in galleys Work on GRAVE REACH Client work 12-15 LOIs 4-6 Article pitches Domain renewals/host renewals Domain registration moves initiated Work on Act One of anti-gun violence play Send out proposal…

A Journey to Magazines Once Again

I’ve been doing freelance writing off and on for 18 years, since I was nineteen years old and decided I wanted to write about Olympic riders at a local competition. In those days of my journalism adventures, I was pitching left and right. But things slowed down when I realized I wasn’t going to be a cut-throat journalist.

Since then, I’ve mostly written for myself, with some side gigs here or…

Today’s Interview

Just finished up a great interview with a delightful singer here in Chicago: Petra Van Nuis. She loves cats, sings jazz, and has gotten to perform in the Radio City Rockettes Spectacular.

I’ll be pitching her piece soon (initial pitch already out there with one publisher), so I’ll expect links to be forthcoming.

In the meantime, check her out: Petra Van Nuis.