Category: Personal

Ten years ago, I wrote my first novel. A young adult novel that will never see the light of day. I did learn a lot about writing and revision so I’ll always be grateful for that. In honor of it being ten years, I was supposed to work on...

It’s been a long time, so I just wanted to give an update. Life has been slowing down a bit now that the wedding is over. Sometimes I wish we had given ourselves a longer timeline, but I loved how everything came together. I’m officially a wife! So with...

I’ve been trying to work on my discipline since my motivation seems to be on vacation. I wish it would’ve taken me with it because it’s been gone a while. Maybe it’s the monotony of life. Teaching a three year old to potty train is not fun, but necessary....

I think about my blog sometimes and feel guilty. I wanted to give y’all two stories this month, but I’ll give you this post and a story. I’ve been feeling uninspired lately. And I’ve been building new relationships and adjusting to having a toddler so when my energy is...

I’ve been so busy with life and work, I haven’t been writing. Not even for the blog and I always push myself to do that. But work and raising a child and still being mindful of COVID-19 can be a lot. I have to accept that. And running on...

Final Word Count: 10,809 Started a total of three stories, completed one out of 10 short story ideas I decided to just put my stats up front and as you can see, I did not complete my goal of 50,000 words so I did not win NaNoWriMo 2020. But...

I can’t believe we’re halfway through November which means we are halfway through National Novel Writing Month affectionately known as NaNoWriMo. Based on the suggested goal of 1,667 words a day, I should have about 25,000 words by now. I have 9,771. So I probably won’t hit 50,000 words...

Yes, lurking. Because looking for love can be frowned upon. It isn’t always, but as a straight woman (especially one with a Christian background), it definitely feels like it. But that’s only in terms of romantic love (Eros if you’re familiar with the Greek terms). It feels like we...

If a global health pandemic wasn’t enough to worry about, the worldwide acknowledgement of the sleeping beast that is racism has been stirred. However, if you’re Black, like me, or a person of color, racism is never really asleep. For us, it’s a stalker. And sometimes, it can be...

I overthink a lot. And being in isolation hasn’t helped that at all. And it doesn’t matter that my mom and my son are here with me, I’m still thinking about my writing and my life and how to make both better. I try not to stress about what...