A Trip Down Ancestry Lane—ft. my mother, a graveyard, and a toy car

A Trip Down Ancestry Lane—ft. my mother, a graveyard, and a toy car

Last week, as life decided to pile up on us, mom, Anna, and I thought it high time we shirked our responsibilities and went out for a mid-afternoon Starbucks. We're really not lazy, I promise. (Well, actually, I might be, but that's a different subject.) But this time of year is our book business's busiest [...]

How I Earned a Walmart Employee’s Undying Respect

How I Earned a Walmart Employee’s Undying Respect

Welcome back, peeps, to our weekly Thurs---er, Friday post. Today, I'll be sHaring a strange and mildly fascinating experience that includes eyeglasses, introversion, and a small adorable man. Woo woo. What some of you may not know is that my eyesight stinks. (To put it simply.) A trip to the eye-doctor has been a long [...]

I Actually Want Someone Else’s Opinion (Plus a Survey and Cool Stuff Like That)

Hullo, my people. I don't have much for you today. However, I have been toying with minor improvements to my blog and such, and I find that I want your advice. Yeah. I want an opinion besides my own. This is a monumental occasion. ANYWAY. I actually am curious about what you ducklings have to [...]

In Which I am Interrogated by Numerous People

In Which I am Interrogated by Numerous People

Hello, my people. Today, we have lots of deep and uncomfortably personal questions which I am supposed to answer. (Which generally means I don't answer them at all, and instead ramble about chocolate.) Over the past month, I've accumulated several tags that I've put off until I could update my writing status (mostly because they [...]

About that Book… (plus a new title, and other cool stuff)

About that Book… (plus a new title, and other cool stuff)

SO. You may remember a post I did back in September, when I announced that I was taking an official leave-of-absence from my book, The Silvershaw of Glenborn, to explore other stories and hopefully get the pain to subside in my neck. (Boy, that was a run-on sentence.) Well. No matter how hard I try, I [...]

In Between

In Between

Happy February, guys! Unfortunately, you don't get anything interesting today. I'm planning to do a longer post on Saturday, because it's *YEEP* my one year bloggiversary. Which is kinda cool. So this is me, officially telling you to stay tuned: *dramatic pause* Stay tuned. In the meantime, have a look at this cool survey thingy, [...]