Note: this post was originally posted in my new Blatherings blog on 2026-09-01. I’ve been working on this post for weeks now, rewriting and editing and rewriting again. One of the reasons is because things keep changing (for the better, IMHO). I’ve decided to just go ahead and post what . . .
Any other bullet journal fans out there? I usually prep my annual bullet journal in December, but the holiday season was unusually hectic for me and I ended up working through most of it. The page layout above is the one I’ve settled on after a lot of experimenting with . . .
To those who never have problems writing the first drafts of their novels, you can skip this post. For others like me who sometimes find it a challenge (especially during the past couple of years) getting that first draft down, I highly recommend Linda Sue Park’s 12-minute Pomodoro routine. I . . .
My goal every day, no matter how crazybusy things get: push myself to do SOMETHING, even a very small something, to work on improving my craft (art or writing) longterm. Keeping track of these tiny steps in my bullet journal helps ground me during chaostimes. More about bullet journals later . . .
I mentioned earlier that the members of my MiG Writers critique group have all posted their work goals for the coming year: here’s the post. Thanks to Christy Farley (whose YA novel GILDED debuts this November) for putting this post together! One of the reasons I’m so looking forward to the . . .