NOTE: Friends and readers, I started writing this post way back in September. It seems like a lifetime ago, though it was only a few months. At that time, I couldn't get my thoughts together in a coherent way, so I set it aside. For a variety of reasons, it seems apropos to resurrect it … Continue reading I Will Try Not to Sing Out of Key
Welcome Back!
Who, exactly, am I welcoming back? All of you, since there has been nothing to read for all of November? Me, because I haven't blogged for all of November (which would explain why none of you have read nothing)? Maybe...it's welcome back to all of us! November was...an interesting month. NaNoWriMo went very well, and … Continue reading Welcome Back!
All the NaNoWriMo News!
I’ve finally decided to take a break from blogging during NaNoWriMo, so I’ll see you all back here in December. BUT if you’d like to follow along with my NaNoWriMo journey, I’m going to put updates on Instagram, possibly daily. So follow me there @vickiejarmanbooks. It’s also all over this website, so you can probably … Continue reading All the NaNoWriMo News!
Home Means Nevada
It's Halloween, but I don't really care because I've never really liked Halloween, not even when I was a kid. I liked the candy (still do; candy is my favorite), but dressing up as something or someone else and making the forced march around the neighborhood to get it always seemed like more effort than … Continue reading Home Means Nevada
Prepare for Launch!
Friends and followers, my husband and I returned from our marvelous child-free vacation (more on that later) to find an explosion of sorts had occurred in our absence. I wrote last week about how we are getting ready to launch our twenty-year-old son, not into outer space (though don't think that hasn't seemed like an … Continue reading Prepare for Launch!
On Adulting (Not Mine)
To be quite honest, you almost didn't get a blog post this week, because I'm very busy since my husband and I leave on our first real vacation in more than three years tomorrow and we are going WITHOUT OUR CHILDREN. This comes on heels of our son making the monumental decision not just to … Continue reading On Adulting (Not Mine)
The Hardest Thing to Write
I wrote a novel! We all know this. It's the reason I'm writing this post and (hopefully) the reason you are reading it. And though I won't suggest it was easy (if it were easy, everyone would do it), but it also wasn't terribly difficult. I mean, there were hard days, ones where writers' block … Continue reading The Hardest Thing to Write
October’s Random Thoughts
Readers, I briefly considered skipping my weekly post because I had my Pfizer booster yesterday and I am WORN OUT, which is exactly how I felt after the second dose. I was prepared both times to feel like absolute garbage, and instead I felt (and currently feel) tired and rundown. If the pattern holds, I'll … Continue reading October’s Random Thoughts
Celebrating a Thing That Shouldn’t Exist!
I'm so sorry, my dear readers, for not gracing these pages with a post last week. The weekend ended up being busier than I anticipated, and I sat down to write some ruminations on the nature of friendship I'd been having, but that post quickly got too personal and emotional, so I just stopped. You … Continue reading Celebrating a Thing That Shouldn’t Exist!
The Longest Bad Memory
My son was born on a Thursday afternoon in mid-June 2001, surprising us with his appearance five weeks before his July due date. He was little, but perfect and healthy. I'd left my job the day before, leaving a stack of papers on my desk representing the work I fully intended to do that day, … Continue reading The Longest Bad Memory
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