I’ve been pondering this post ever since I saw it on this year’s topic list. There are plenty of books with elements I hated or tropes that pissed me off. But even as I purused my mental list of books I thought could use some improvement, I couldn’t come up with a single one I […]
Gwendolyn Cease
When this posts, I’ll be in the wilds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for our annual family vacation, and I’ll likely be without internet. Because that’s pretty much business as usual in the UP. But back to the original topic. What motivates me to write? That’s a damn good question. Some days, the answer is nothing. […]
There are so many things that are going on in the world today that fill me with anger and rage, and those emotions quickly spiral into despair. I honestly can’t take much more without curling into a ball and weeping in a corner. So you know what? I’m not going that route today. I’m going for more […]
So, this week’s post is supposed to be a brain dump of what’s on my mind. Considering my brain is an endless loop of dialogue snippets, song lyrics and half-remembered tasks, I can’t promise you a lot of cohesion. Or probably any, really. Welp, here goes… I just noticed that the cats are sleeping on […]
I think probably every author has stories they’ve abandoned. Either the stories weren’t working, the writers lost interest, or maybe the books were meant to be part of a series at a publishing house the author has chosen to not to associate with anymore. It happens. I abandoned the first few stories that I wrote. […]
Dictionary.com com defines nostalgic as: experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearningfor the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation. Now, these pictures I’m about to show you are less about nostalgia and more about, sweet jesus, mom – what the hell were you thinking?! My childhood seems to have involved an inordinate […]
I had decided on my angry letter as soon as I saw the topic. See, I’m still pissed at Allen Ginsberg. Yeah. I know. He’s been dead for quite some time now, and I should probably let that whole college poetry reading humiliation thing go. But, Jay-sus, that guy was such a self-aggrandizing bag of […]
Okay, so as usual, I’m not following the rules. If you’ve been here for any length of time, you are unsurprised, I’m sure. This is a collection of images that I find funny. With a little explanation. Jenny Trout outside the bar in the small town of Gay, MI which is near where we hold […]
Prompt: Write about the three things he could never tell her. As much as he wanted to, he could never tell her how happy it made him to see her at the end of a long day. He couldn’t tell her that he was most at peace when he was with her. And he couldn’t tell […]
THIS is why you don’t tell small children to smile. They end up looking like possessed little demons. Also, what the hell, mom?! Red and navy plaid with lime green ponytail holders?! What were you thinking?! I vaguely remember telling my mom I wanted to be either an astronaut or waitress. I was pretty little at […]