Tag: Retirement

  • Decluttering My Writing Journey: Memoir in Progress

    Decluttering My Writing Journey: Memoir in Progress

    Today I was thinking about what I could do with my wish to rearrange my writing life. What will make me happiest in these last years? Part of it would sort of wrap up my writing energy for my family. Nobody’s going to want to keep my blog up or collect my slim royalties. Maybe…

  • OMG

    OMG

    Nothing makes me feel like stopping my online life like seeing all new stuff when I open a trusted app. I am paying way more for services and getting far less, even being hacked. The only time I feel like this in my life is coming online where I was able to navigate without major…

  • All About 2025

    All About 2025

    What I know about 2025 is that I will turn 70 this year and it will be a significant year for me. Why? I am switching to historical romance. (My first Regency, a novella, was published in December 2024). I stuck to romance (as it turns out!) but now set centuries in the past. The…

  • Two Books Twice

    Been on vacation for six weeks…well five because we came home for a week to do laundry and catch a plane to Seattle. It was great to see all three of our grandkids this summer. But my writing got put on hold and wow, that can’t happen again. At least not when I have two…

  • Summer Vacation

    Just returned from a month-long vacation and now I realize what Al meant when he did a similar two week vacation last year and said “It was not really a vacation.” It was a road trip to see friends and family in Michigan, not somewhere we went off alone exploring. It was still great, but…