Tag Archives: life

Chaos Before the Storm: Spring Break Meets Book Release

(Apparently, this was the top of the charts the day I was born.) A few minutes ago, I hit publish on War of Nytefall: Loyalty.  The sale site should be up by the time I finish the morning appointments and errands.  … Continue reading

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So Close, But Just Missed It: Week Near Hits

The main goal of the week was editing War of Nytefall: Loyalty in preparation of the April 7th release.  I feel about 100 pages short by the time my son’s Spring Break started on Thursday.  The trifecta of this, Passover, and … Continue reading

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A Week of Storms, Twitter, Vampires, and Invisible Anacondas

First, some good news and a promo.  I did an interview with Lisa Burton over at Entertaining Stories and it caused a really big jump in sales.  Biggest one I’ve seen in a little over a month.  To be fair, … Continue reading

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That Explains So Much- A Week of Discovery

I’m going to start with the stuff that doesn’t connect to the title.  Just an overview of the week to get to the big reveal that will take a long time to get over.  I started writing War of Nytefall: Lost … Continue reading

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Week Before the Break: Could Have Been Worse

Not really sure what to talk about as far as this past week.  I’m looking at my list of goals and I don’t think I did very well.  Biking wasn’t as consistent as I wanted.  Still need to read over … Continue reading

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One Step Forward, One Shove Back, Two Stumbles to the Side

Okay, I’m a little worn down here because my son’s martial arts class needed a third adult for the sword-fighting fun.  It was only 5 minutes, but I wasn’t ready.  Those kids are fast and relentless.  Not to mention short.  … Continue reading

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A Step in the Right Direction

The above video really rings true for me this week.  I’ve been stressing about life, which might mean I had enough time to think.  Not enough to do biking though and I still have another week to go before I … Continue reading

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2017 Top 5: #1- Fading Colors

The top post of 2017 originally went live on February 2. What was once vivid Has faded into the bleak Bright colors of youth Have lost their luster And continue draining As the days go by Is it the world … Continue reading

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Limping Along

Up before dawn Cooking lunches and breakfasts For other stomachs No shower Until all others ready Hurrying through the act To rally all into the car Errands and chores Phone calls and texts Regardless of health and energy Getting slower … Continue reading

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Goal Post a.k.a. What Went Wrong This Time?

I really should just change this post to ‘What went wrong for Charles this time?’ because that’s how the week is going.  In fact, this post is so late in the day because I was waiting for something good to … Continue reading

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