My Own Worst Frenemy

I just went back and read a few of my essays and while some are still funny *pats self on back*, I really do like this misanthropic groove. I’m starting to think it has become an excuse. The writing workshop did not solve all of my writing problems. But I did create a complete, mediocre …

I’m Already Sorry I Wrote This

Why did I just renew That Shameless Hussy? WHY? WHY? The whole point of changing my blog name was because I didn't feel it accurately represented what I was trying to do, or who I was at 50 as opposed to when I started blah blah blah blah blah...yet I miss her. Ah well. So …

I Feel Fine

  I just changed the date of my last post to May 1. Now I'm still on track for my "publish every month" goal. So there. It's not that I don't have anything to say. I have plenty to say. On the way to the gym, when I'm folding laundry, when I'm lying awake at …

I Am a Best-Selling Author

I am too! The first anthology in which I have the privilege of being included dropped on the 26th, and already it is first on Amazon in books about potty training. I'm secretly hoping it hits #1 for "Books About Unconventional Uses for Air Freshener" but it could be a minute on that. I KNOW …

My trip to Italy: An Interview

So I'm back from Italy. As I obligated myself to post once a month, this is my offering for April. Don't get too excited, it is fairly uninspired and I have rescued it from the trash twice, only because I don't want to start again. I am going to be in two upcoming anthologies, which …

Eat, Swear, Loathe – Part 1: Preparing for my trip to Italy

  WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING IN THIS PICTURE? IS SHE TRYING TO CATCH THAT MAN WITH HER BREASTS? I am leaving for Italy in 19 days. I am being perfectly reasonable and not at all crazy about this.   I always have a little pre-vacay anxiety. Fear that I will get sick with something that …

Thank You For Reading

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” – Colleen Wilcox “Whenever I can read something, I always thank my English teacher. Or I did, until she changed her number to unlisted.” - Unknown I remember when I decided I wanted to be a writer. In sixth grade, I wrote a story about a little girl …

Hello From the Basement

Update: I do not have an office. Or a murphy door or a mini fridge or a white board. As is always, always, always the case with us, the ETA on the project was grossly underestimated, and the attention span of the person who has the carpentry skills was equally overestimated. We laid the floor …

Probably Not the Only New Years Post You Will Read Today

OMG FUCK OFF 2018. Although I will admit that toward the end, because of midterms, you managed to somewhat elevate yourself and release us from the grip of the Human Centipede: Let's Make a Circle variety show that was 2018, there is still much work to do, and I am so ready to move on …

It’s Okay

Gonna keep doing this. I really hate it. I hate publishing rough drafts. But until I learn to give myself a break and stop annihilating everything I write before I even finish it, this is how it is. Or until I give up. ****** It's ok. No really, It's fine. Don't worry about it. No, …