Tag: mental health

  • Writing to Walking Ratio | Getting Rid of the Keyboard

    Writing to Walking Ratio | Getting Rid of the Keyboard

    The rough draft of my new romantasy book is pouring out of me faster and with less forehead pounding against the keyboard than ever before, partly because I’m so excited about the story and characters, but mostly because there’s less keyboard to pound. I’ve been writing during my daily walks. Turns out, I can sprint…

  • Feed Your Spirit: Beach Time

    From an early age, I was part fish. The Little Mermaid was my favorite movie, I swam competitively for eighteen years, and I feel a sense of peace at the ocean. The sand, sun, tide, boardwalk, food – everything about the beach brings me joy, probubly because most of my best childhood memories are at…

  • Hammy Time: Feed Your Spirit

    I raised many hamsters throughout middle and high school. We’d buy a female and inevitably, she’d give birth – and we’d end up with seven pets instead of one. (It happened twice!) As an adult, I learned from my childhood mistakes (this one time, ha!) and adopted a rambunctious, silly, curious little BOY hammy: Oliver.…