Doing the color series had been a lot of fun. It has been a challenge at times, but still fun. I want to do a few more, slightly different parts, but I wanted to dig in a little and share how my artist brain works when it comes to color. If I were to guess,… Continue reading The Thing About Color
Category: Thoughts
Don’t Ask That
A woman, married for years to an emotionally and physically abusive husband is beaten nearly to death by that husband. The only thing that stops him from going too far this time is that he slips in her blood and falls while trying to kick her in the head. His fall throws him back and… Continue reading Don’t Ask That
Getting Tied Into Knots
I've spent the last month or so being a little bit in awe over how far BG's dance studio is willing to go to try and give these kids as much of a recital and celebration of all their hard work as they can while still attempting to maintain that balance of safety and required… Continue reading Getting Tied Into Knots
Thoughts On Current Events
I am tired. So very, very tired. Tired of feeling fear and frustration and anger and absolute shock down to my very core at the fact that so many people have so very little care for their fellow humans. Too many don’t seem to care if their actions or inactions are harming others, be it… Continue reading Thoughts On Current Events
Situational And Emotional Representation In Books
It seems as though I’ve read a lot of books recently that I’ve hit me in a lot of personal ways. Most of the time, I can pinpoint exactly what soft spot it hit and why I reacted the way I did. Other times, it seems so much more complex. This is something that has… Continue reading Situational And Emotional Representation In Books
Can I Just Say…
When I see someone posting about being born in the late '90s, knowing they are a functioning adult, my brain sort of cramps and I get a little twitch in the corner of my eye. OC was born in the late '90s, so this kind of statement makes me feel incredibly old knowing I have… Continue reading Can I Just Say…
Review Rating Thoughts: Adjustments
After spending some time with this and tossing around ideas, I think I may have come up with something that works for me on my new rating process. My biggest issue with the way I had set up the new system was the equal weighting across all areas of evaluation. That just doesn't work for… Continue reading Review Rating Thoughts: Adjustments
New Rating System Thoughts
Having done a couple of reviews under my new system, I've seen a few issues with it that have bothered me and I need to figure out a way to tweak it to work better. I do think it does what I intended in the sense that the final rating is more than just a… Continue reading New Rating System Thoughts
Quality of Work?
This is a subject that has been rolling around in my head for a while now and I've gone back and forth debating with myself over whether I wanted to post about it or not. Are we diluting the quality of our literature with the advent of self-publishing? Yes, I'm actually asking that as a… Continue reading Quality of Work?
Book Genre Placement
This is something that falls heavily into one of my pet peeves in books. Genre categories and incorrect genre placement. Getting to see some of the difficulties with this issue from the publishing side hasn't changed my stance on this that much. In some areas, available genre choices, it makes it even worse. The first… Continue reading Book Genre Placement
Lessons Learned: Week 1 of Being An Indie Author
In the little over a week since I clicked publish on my book, I have learned a lot about being in the indie author community and the overall environment around publishing a book on your own. Or at least, the pieces I have seen or attempted to interact with. Some of those lessons aren't even… Continue reading Lessons Learned: Week 1 of Being An Indie Author
Crazy Self-Publishing Process
When I first looked into the possibility of self-publishing, most all of the steps looked pretty easy. At its base, you write a book then find a platform and hit publish. While you can do it that way, chances are it won't really go that well for you because a few critical steps have most… Continue reading Crazy Self-Publishing Process
Seeing Myself
Self confidence has never been my strong suit. I know that I am probably a lot harder on myself than most other people will be, especially friends and family. That plays into doubting what they say and fueling that doubt. This is one of those things that I do know and recognize about myself and… Continue reading Seeing Myself
Resonance
I obviously enjoy a wide range of books across many genres, but the ones that tend to stick with me the most are the ones that can give me a story about the imperfections of humanity and do so with a strong emotional impact, be it through humor, joy, anger, love, tears or grief. As… Continue reading Resonance
Forever Healing?
It occurred to me the other day that I'm getting close to the two year anniversary of when the life I was familiar with began to get ripped apart, and continued to do so through the fall, yet I am still raw and healing in places. Sometimes I wonder if it will ever quit feeling… Continue reading Forever Healing?
Thoughts on #MeToo
I'd been dealing with lots of thoughts on the issue of sexual assault and the general response (or lack thereof) when a woman makes a claim of sexual assault quite a bit lately. With my own personal experience in my past, it is an issue I've always had struggles with trying to grasp. The last… Continue reading Thoughts on #MeToo
Out of Sorts
Last week was hard. Hubby and I made the decision to drop OC from our insurance. It feels like I'm failing as a parent or that I'm a bad parent because I've taken that last safety net away. Knowing he doesn't want it doesn't change how I feel about it. We decided that we could… Continue reading Out of Sorts
Pretty Little Lies… Ideals
Perfect. Unconditional. Selfless. Black and White/Right and Wrong. I'm going to apologize upfront as this is going to be kind of long and rambling, but these are things that have, yet again, been running through my head on an infinity loop. I struggle with all of these concepts because I don't believe they truly exist… Continue reading Pretty Little Lies… Ideals
Letting Go
Letting go. I've had to do a lot of that over the last year. Well, honestly I've been doing it for a couple of years, just different things and at different levels. Almost 100% of what I've let go are things that brought negativity and ugliness into my life. I think I started the process… Continue reading Letting Go
Trust and Conditioning
A brief, joking conversation on FB with a long time friend sparked a random, bunny trail of thoughts that have kept circling around in my brain since they got kicked off on that track over a week ago. The more I keep going back to them, mulling them over, even after having talked it out… Continue reading Trust and Conditioning
Quietly Reading
While I have still been reading, I've just kind of been off to the side, doing it quietly. Partly because there have been quite a lot of things going on that have kept me too busy and partly because I just haven't had much to say about what I've read recently, no matter if it… Continue reading Quietly Reading
TJ Fox: Sharing the Experience 