Never underestimate what a day of touching random things at a TJ Maxx can do for your mental health.

My writing has been on hiatus due to grief, but I submitted a short story to a lit mag today. Baby steps. Hope in despair. ❤️

I've been eating clean for three days and I'm deeply offended that I haven't experienced a profound physical transformation yet.

I’m watching a monarch butterfly enjoy my zinnias. There’s certainly a more poetic way to say this, but my brain is melted from work, so just…

If you want butterflies, plant flowers.

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Iron and Wine on my radio, butternut squash soup on my stove, a hot cup of coffee and a blank page are my companions this morning.

We have checked out 103 books at the library since the boys were born. Pretty proud of my little bookworms.

Got small-talked by a ghost-of-high-school's-past at the library. As if that wasn't horrific enough, he sneered like a cartoon bully, “Weren’t you supposed to be a writer? You got any books in here?”

Sir, please don't make this my villain origin story.

Garth Brooks - Unanswered Prayers YouTube video by Garth Brooks Songs

Finding out that a publisher that rejected me sold to another publisher that promptly shut down. 😓 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dto...

Assigned "The Lottery" to my students so that I can do my part in passing on generational trauma.

What is DV Pit?

My husband just got a neck spasm mid-head bang in the car. This is aging.

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Grading as an English teacher with dyscalculia. 😂

Women only want one thing, and it’s the sparkly Le Creuset pumpkin. www.lecreuset.com/signature-pu...

Thank you! This project is actually extra special because I am working on it with two co-authors. We hope to finish and start querying by the end of the year, tentatively.

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It's 79 degrees in Arkansas! 🍂🍁🌧️

What are your favorite fall soups? I've got potato-leek on lock for lunch.

Stefan Voice: "This WIP has it all: Half-vampires, farmers shapeshifting into giant serpents, a horseman of the apopcalypse, true love, trainwrecks, magical libraries, Edwardian dandies."

Always sad to cut the last watermelon of the season, even though I know it will be replaced by pumpkins.

In December 2020, my friend asked me to write a coronavirus-themed Christmas play for her students. I had blocked it out of my memory, but please enjoy these screenshots that I found lingering in my Google Drive. (Hey @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social, hire me!)

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Weirdest or most niche thing you've had to research because of a character's interest and go.

Today, I'm deep diving into all things Beanie Baby.

Is it gauche that I’m using ground wagyu to make enchiritos?

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My go-to summer drink this year is blackberry matcha. What’s yours?

Inheriting the family estate is a monkey’s paw of a dream come true; Jane finds herself trapped by a generational curse in a tiny Southern town that has been hidden from the world since the Civil War. No one who enters may leave—even after death. #Q #A #F #PR #MR #LF #questpit

There's something in the water in Vesper, AR, and Waverly is determined not to drown. Not again, anyway. Keeping her bearings proves challenging as she tackles a quarter-life crisis, unexpected romance, and the end of the world. No pressure. #Q #A #F #UF #CF #RF #questpit

Loving #PosterPit! Everyone is so creative!

#POSTERPITQ #MR #L #Upmarket #SouthernGothic

#POSTERPITQ #UF #CF #RF

I NEED to buy this book.

Thank you so much!

There's something in the water in Vesper, AR, and Waverly is determined not to drown. Not again, anyway. Keeping her bearings proves challenging as she tackles a quarter-life crisis, unexpected romance, and the end of the world. No pressure. #A #Q #UF #RF #F #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA