How hard is it to trademark a phrase? These days, I feel like I may as well start making some merch for my new brand name, Perpetual Exhaustion. (I’m starting to think this may be a really good idea. Please don’t steal it from me. I kind of want a t-shirt now.) I feel likeContinue reading “Perpetual Exhaustion”
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My Own Employee
For over a decade, I have made a living as a teacher. I teach middle and high school English and Spanish classes, and I teach online college classes as well. Although there are definitely challenges (especially the last few months of the most recent school year), I love it (almost all the time). I haveContinue reading “My Own Employee”
Review: Reforming Lord Neil
I love when I read a book in which the characters, both good and bad, get what’s coming to them. Reforming Lord Neil by Sally Britton is a heart-warming regency novel, which left me feeling comfortably sated in my desire for a happy ending. Not only did the novel tie up each of its stringsContinue reading “Review: Reforming Lord Neil”
Feasting on Knowledge
It happened, folks. I (virtually) attended my first writing conference. Don’t panic. I have read, researched, and studied voraciously over the last couple years to hone my craft. I’ve read blogs, how-to books, read, read, read, and read some more, discussed with other authors I know, etc. I felt pretty good about how much IContinue reading “Feasting on Knowledge”
It’s Been a Long Time
In the last few weeks, there have been many times when I thought about doing another post here. Each time I had some reason not to. Work, kids, exhaustion, repeat. I work a couple jobs to feed my addictions to shelter and food, so free time is limited. Nonetheless, I normally have been able toContinue reading “It’s Been a Long Time”
Review: The Memory of Us
It has been a LOOOONG time since I read a book that had me so hooked, I literally couldn’t put it down. There have been books that I read pretty non-stop to read in a day or two, but I would say this is the first book in about a decade that made it soContinue reading “Review: The Memory of Us”
Lancaster’s Love Series: Book Cover Updates
This week, I finalized the design of the cover for the second book in the Lancaster’s Love Series! I find it so inspiring to have my rough ideas perfected and made real by my wonderful book cover designer over at Red Leaf Book Design. She doesn’t pay me or otherwise incentivize me to talk aboutContinue reading “Lancaster’s Love Series: Book Cover Updates”
Turtle and the Hare
I am feeling very turtley lately. I follow other authors and belong to various author groups on various web sites and social media platforms. I have been lurking in their midst for quite some time, absorbing as much as I can, learning and growing with them, or at least near them, I suppose. For aContinue reading “Turtle and the Hare”
Review: When We Believed in Mermaids
I had so much work to do this week, I haven’t been able to get any reading done. I had over 90 assignments that I was going to try to get graded today… but then there was a pretty nasty wind storm which knocked out my power for eight hours (no internet, and I liveContinue reading “Review: When We Believed in Mermaids”
Into the Night: A Titanic Romance
Last night, I clicked the button to publish my first novel through KDP. This book represents almost two years of pondering, planning, writing, revising, sleepless nights, and many cups of cocoa. I got the idea for this novel in pieces. When I started, it was a plan for one book. It turned into three. IntoContinue reading “Into the Night: A Titanic Romance”
Dawn Ludlow 