I want to write a book. More to the point, I want to get the book idea I have out of my head and on the page, then hopefully into the hands of others. What steps am I taking? Well, I wrote a rough draft, let it sit for several…

I took the NaNoWriMo challenge in November 2021 and Won. By now I am sure everyone in the writing community has heard about NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. The challenge itself is to write 50,000 words in November which is, you guessed it, NaNoWriMo. The prize for winning is…

Three AM thoughts: what is our subconscious trying to say? I have read you should take note of what you think about when you wake at three am. It is, as some people believe a magic hour where your subconscious can speak freely without the usual filter of modern concerns. …

When I was growing up my parents and I traveled around the world never settling in any one place for more than a year. I grew up roaming the streets of Europe not realizing that mine was not a normal childhood. Traveling rarely meant hotels it usually meant crashing with…

A brand new….me. Maybe the journey is as important as the destination. I have spent most of my life being who I thought other people wanted me to be, the dutiful daughter, devoted wife and, mother. Now I am not saying I don’t love my family. It is just, that…

Stumbling through the briar patch. — Okay, maybe the briar patch is a wee bit dramatic. Having a vegetable garden of my own has been something of a dream of mine since I was a little girl. It seemed like everyone we knew had a garden of some kind either brimming with flowers or veggies or…

What is your idea of perfect happiness? -I think perfect happiness looks different to each person and depends on what is important to them. Perfect happiness could be laying on the beach watching the waves hit the shore, listening to the wind in the trees on a hike, or pushing…

Throughout my life, I have had these thankfully brief times when my world seemed to spiral out of control. I was never in an unsafe situation it would just seem like everything I touched went to shit. …

Hi there, in case you haven’t guessed my name is Ginger. Okay, okay it’s a nickname but it is the name I choose to be called. This particular post is proving to be difficult for me to write. While I want to be free to write whatever I want I…