Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? A fun weekend attending Colossalcon at Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio. Since there's a lot to this I'll make a separate list: Cosplaying and having fun with it despite putting zero effort into my ideas this year (especially the other Yoshi cosplayer who gave me a Yoshi egg!) Buying turtle …

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Summer in the Title

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Books or Covers that Feel/Look Like Summer. Since we've done similar prompts in the past, I thought I'd focus the list to books with summer in the title. The Summer We Forgot by Caroline George: I love this murder mystery and it has all the perfect summer aesthetics. …

Inktober52 2023: Mask

I wake up in the middle of the night to whispered voices and a flashlight beaming across the room. I sit up straight up, clutching the blankets to my chest.  “What’s-what’s going on?” My words are slurred with sleep. I squint when the flashlight lands on my face and I lift a hand to shield …

Book Spotlight: Picture-Perfect Boyfriend by Becky Dean

Welcome to book spotlight where instead of giving you another book review, I’m just going to talk about books I’ve read recently that I enjoyed. Prepare yourself for the fangirl gushing. Love and Other Great Expectations by Becky Dean was one of my favorite YA contemporary releases from 2022, so I was excited she was publishing another …

Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? William taking my car to get it fixed so I don't have to do it myself Decorating the library like Encanto for summer reading Donuts Going garage sale shopping and finding a few good finds Poagies mac n cheese My swashbuckler rogue dealing 71 points of damage with just …

Inktober52 2023: Scratch

I wake to shouting outside my window. Throwing off the covers, I jump out of bed and grab a pair of Jack’s old breeches. I pull them on, stuffing the edge of my nightgown inside before buttoning them up. There isn’t time to grab a shirt. Whatever is happening outside, I’m already missing out. I …

Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? Getting to meet Christopher Paolini and have all my Inheritance Cycle books signed by both him AND the illustrator of the covers! Sending out the second newsletter for my author website and feeling confident about what I shared Celebrating a friend's birthday early with a surprise party and taco …

Inktober52 2023: Skate

I step onto the outdoor ice skating rink and pause, ankles wobbling beneath me. Ahead, George glides across the rink, graceful and elegant. Of course he’s good at ice skating. Is there anything this man isn’t good at?  There’s a huddle of people behind me waiting to enter, so I shuffle forward, arms extended as …

Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? Playing whiffle ball with my nephews Learning a lot through the various Bible studies I'm in Coming up with more ideas for my fantasy novel and it working Reading Castle Witch and not worrying about how long it takes me to read a book Finally writing the next chapter …

Inktober52 2023: Beard

The door across the room opens, but I don’t look up. I don’t even flinch. I continue to stare down at my cuffed hands, at the blood that still stains the front of my shirt and the traces of bruises on my arms and legs. They’re almost healed already, somehow.  Because of who you are, …