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Relatable Characters
Under the Tuscan Sun is my absolute favorite film. SPOILER ALERT! (If you’ve not seen the film, watch it before reading this. In fact, I encourage you to listen to the soundtrack. It’s perfect.) First, the setting. Hello, Tuscany? Cortona? Can a setting be more ripe for creativity? I’ve yet to travel to these places,…
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Sentient Origins: Part One
Ten years ago, an idea came to me. Ideas are a funny thing. I don’t believe they are something we create. Ideas come from a place of nothing. From nowhere, and most often when we are doing something else. Such as driving, which was what I was doing when the idea for Sentient came into…
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Canada: Friendship with Nature, Connection with Friends
Days before the 4th of July, my friends and I fled to Canada for a respite. I will start this blog and finish it by saying how blessed I am for the people in my life. There were six of us on the trip, all of varying gender identities and backgrounds. We crossed the border…
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A Writer with ADHD
Back at the end of March, I experienced my first bout of burnout as a result of ADHD hyper-focus. I only recently became aware of my ADHD. For three weeks I struggled to maintain my energy as I met with clients, worked on my book, and tried to simply function. Never in my life had…
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Signs, Guides & Truth-Telling
I recently finished the first round of edits on Sentient Being. I scanned the entire document and “approved” or “rejected” my editor’s changes. It took about 20 hours, not as long as I thought it would. Now on to step two: addressing the comments my editor made within the document, and fixing as I go……