Bloganuary writing promptWhat books do you want to read?View all responses Oooooh! Well, there are more than two, at the moment, but I'm starting off with just a couple because I'm already in the middle of The Haunted Abbot by Peter Tremayne. And I've decided that I am not a fast reader. After that book, …
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My First Name
Bloganuary writing promptWrite about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. View all responses Happy New Year! This seemed like a great prompt to kick off 2024, with some neat history and fun facts. It also kind of serves as a unique introduction, for those of you who are new to the blog, or …
NaNoWriMo, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Update My Blog
Hello again, and welcome back to November! It seems like this month keeps happening every year or something... Boy, the amount of 5,000 or so words really seems to be my ceiling during NaNoWriMo. The glaring issue I always seem to run into is that the moment I fall behind, the first day I don't …
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Counting Calories
Daily writing promptDescribe one positive change you have made in your life.View all responses For about a month now, I've tried to consistently count the amount of calories I consume every day and record it. My husband, Kevin, had been doing it, and as you already know or might learn for yourself, dieting or exercising …
This is me… five years later!
Hi there, again. My name's still Erinn. For those of you who are unaware, this is an update on my original This is me post, so you might want to go read that first in order to catch up. I have, in fact, taken good selfies in the past five years, I promise. But I …
Happy (Belated) New Year!
It's only a week into 2023! It's fine to post this a little late. So with that, hello and welcome to another year on this planet! I'm happy we're all here. 🙂 I come to you live from underneath our TV stand because that's where my laptop resides during football season. Although using this location …
Well There’s News
I received an email this morning from the kind folks over at NaNoWriMo, not one specifically for me but just a general email for everyone on their list. The subject reads, "Keep working! You're halfway there!", and I know they mostly mean that we're halfway through November (which, holy crap, already??). Yet they also mean …
Submitting Stuff
Image courtesy of NaNoWriMo. I guess I'd consider this post an announcement. Just a couple of things I want to share! Firstly, I'm participating in NaNoWriMo in a little over a month. National Novel Writing Month takes place every November and presents the challenge of writing 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. The …
It’s Valentine’s Day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCPZaX_foxU I love a lot of people and a lot of things, and I LOVE movies. So to every guy and gal, single or taken, I wish you a happy Valentine's Day the only way I know how: through movie quotes! 🙂
My Favorite Holiday Romantic Comedy
This is going to disappoint certain members of my family. Sorry, guys. I love Love Actually. I swear, I do. It's the OG ensemble film, a classic Christmas movie, and a really great romantic comedy--uh, drama--with incredible actors and all the feels. But my favorite holiday romantic comedy is, aptly named, The Holiday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDi5zH18vxU I don't even …
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