The Empress Gives Orders (Sunday Horses)

The Empress Gives Orders (Sunday Horses)

I’ve talked about giving Polly her soaked alfalfa pellets and senior feed before. It’s something I’ve been doing daily since she arrived in August and she’s blossomed for it. I’ll have to get some current pictures as fuzzy as she is,...

Flash Fiction Draw: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

This story is part of a monthly flash fiction challenge I found. This month’s prompts were the genre of a fairy tale, a big city studio apartment and a potted plant. Driven from my love of Sex In The City and Drag Race, here is a meet cute between a genderfluid...
Wall Bangers and DNFers (IWSG Monthly Post)

Wall Bangers and DNFers (IWSG Monthly Post)

This month’s question: Being a writer, when you’re reading someone else’s work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the story/frustrates you the most about other people’s books? This is a tough one, because while I try very...
All the Notes

All the Notes

I’ve got a bit of a craft project happening on my desk right now. The music I’m working on is a solo, taken straight from a conference solo book. This means it has both the clarinet and the piano parts. Talk about notes! Three staves worth for each line....
Book Blast: The Calling

Book Blast: The Calling

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Branwen OShea will be awarding a prize pack of 1) One signed paperback,2) One Tote bag with the Finding Humanity Series logo (Savas’ Compass)and 3) Two different bookmarks for The...
All the Notes

missed christmas, Hoping to have music ready for you soon

I had hoped to have a little Christmas music to play and share with you. But things kind of got hectic and my practice fell off, and alas, there wasn’t any Christmas music. However, I am back, found one of my non-Christmas solo books, and am practicing once...

Book Shares For The Week of 12/27

Each week I’ll post the books, sale or giveaway events, I share in my newsletter here for you to enjoy. For the sale or giveaway events if it isn’t obvious in the banner image, I’ll make sure to post dates. Please assume all prices are valid for the...
The Empress Gives Orders (Sunday Horses)

Frozen Hoses and Resilience (Sunday Horses)

Last week I wrote about a trickle of water through a frozen hose, and how that teaches me lessons about perseverance and keeping going even when times are tough. This week, as we had a sudden “cold snap” over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I’m...
The Empress Gives Orders (Sunday Horses)

Like A Trickle Through A Frozen Hose (Sunday Horses)

One of the benefits of being in the Ozarks is that our highs are quite often above freezing. Right now we’re running in the 40s or 50s, which isn’t bad when our overnight lows are in the 20s. That means if the water hose freezes, it will thaw by midday and...