Today’s the Day I Get Caught Up & Other Lies I Tell Myself…

A memoir by MJ Fifield

I was just watching this movie this afternoon. 😃

We may be working on a little something here…

I never watched Roswell, but I love the other three

So glad you’re enjoying it! I call it my emotional support show. 😀

It’s winter in Florida, y’all!

That looks like fun!

Five TV shows to get to know me…

🧛 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

⚽️ Ted Lasso

🤠 Firefly

⚔️ Game of Thrones

🕵️‍♀️ Veronica Mars

A look at my 2024 stats. Not my most productive year ever, but certainly not my least productive.

The first two books of my epic-ish fantasy series & one lonely little contemporary romance novel 😃

My mother-in-law sent presents for the boys. They are, of course, thrilled & I definitely didn’t have to bribe them with treats to get them to hold still long enough to get dressed & pose for pics. 😂😂

I had a *really* hard time picking just one of each.

Introduce yourself with:

✨One book 📚 — The Boleyn Inheritance (Philippa Gregory)

✨One movie 🎥 — Wonder Woman (2017)

✨One album 💿 —Natalie Merchant’s Ophelia

✨One TV show 📺 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Love Buffy. And Ever After!

Thank you! I don’t know if it’ll be at all successful, but it’s an interesting experiment at any rate. 😀

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Experimenting with writing a short story & a novella. Considering my WIP word counts average about 150k, this is a real departure for me. 😬😬

#amwriting

Don’t know from where this originated, but I think I’ve found my new life’s philosophy.

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Wrote a scene during the hurricane that didn’t sync because the power & internet was out & then didn’t sync after everything was back & is now apparently gone forever & I’m totally fine with it. So 🤬🤬🤬-ing fine.

We may not have power or internet, but fortunately the beer garden does…

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I have to kill a darling today. Judging by how much I don’t want to do it, I suspect it will help the story immensely.

#amwriting

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I don’t know what my neighbors are doing, but the important thing is that it’s loud and taking for-freaking-ever to finish.

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My friend’s muse: Hey! I thought of 20 new story ideas for you! I’m so excited to work on all of them!

My muse: I helped you write, like, an entire sentence three month ago. What more do you want?

Have pen. Will write in bars.

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Brain: Hey, here’s an idea for Book 4!

Me: But I don’t wanna write Book 4.

Brain: Oh. Well, you should have thought about that before I had this idea.

Me: #amwriting

If my books were candles…

Yes, it really is.

In honor of National Read A Book Day, here’s a pic of my current read with my co-reader, who can’t wait to find out what happens next.