As you probably know, I’ve been challenging myself to write a poem a month in 2025. I’ve been using a lot of prompts to get myself in the right mindset (because otherwise I’d spend entirely too much of my writing time trying to come up with a topic, this speeds things up). I know it’s... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone! If you’ve been following along all year, you already know what time it is … it’s time to look at my goals and my July progress. First up, let’s all remember the goals from January 1 for this year. This is a big list so each month I have microfocuses so that I’m... Continue Reading →
As you probably know, I've been challenging myself to write at least one poem a month in 2025. I've noticed some months take me longer and longer to find the inspiration for the poems or to get in the right mindset for a poem. Poetry prompts have really helped! So, today, being that it's the... Continue Reading →
Before I start, a disclaimer (aka excuses): June is ALWAYS less productive for me than usual. I am choosing to blame the teenager being home from school and the HEAT for these problems. Also, this year, I have the added stress of that massive 2025 reading goal (more on that in a bit) hanging over... Continue Reading →
Ok, this time I actually forgot! I was looking at the wrap up for June, sort of regretting how much I struggled this month, and saw that I haven’t done the poem! Never fear, this all happened on the 30th … which means I haven’t failed YET! Quick, a prompt idea (making this one up... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, I vaguely alluded to a SUPER SECRET PROJECT and I promised to blog more about that when I could. Friends … it's time for that post. In Trust We Fall was in a book box! Your Paper Quest https://www.yourpaperquest.com/ is an amazing company who puts together book boxes specifically featuring independent or... Continue Reading →
You know you’re tired and brain-foggy when you spend no less than three minutes looking on your computer for a document YOU HAVEN’T WRITTEN YET. I sat down this afternoon specifically to check on my May progress. Then, I opened my goals folder and wondered WHY MAY WAS MISSING. I then spent those three aforementioned... Continue Reading →
You might remember that I challenged myself to get back into writing more poetry in 2025 by writing one poem per month. You also may remember that I have previously mentioned being worried I was going to run out of month if I kept procrastinating. You may be thinking I REALLY waited this month. But... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the first official update of my 2025 goals for the second quarter. In other words, the time when I start to struggle! I don’t know why this happens every year, but it does. I knew I was going to have to fight back against that struggle. Let’s check in and see if I... Continue Reading →
You might remember that I challenged myself to get back into writing more poetry in 2025 by writing one poem per month. You also may remember that I started to worry I was going to drop the ball in MARCH by waiting until the 19th to write my poem. Anyone looking at the calendar right... Continue Reading →
