Today, I stood in the middle of a field and bawled my eyes out. It's a good thing I was wearing absorbent mittens. I've been feeling positively lost lately. For the first time in years, I have absolutely no direction. It's just so frustrating because a few short months ago, I seemed to be on such a solid path. Seemed. [...]
Lately, when I've gotten online, I've found myself to be much less tolerant of...well...just about everything. I haven't exactly been my happiest self recently, and when I'm like this, I tend to have decreased patience for people, children, noise, the internet, and my dirty house. It's why I've all but disappeared from Facebook. The whole place makes [...]
I've been "working" for the better part of an hour with nothing to show for it, and it suddenly dawned on me that every one of my mornings looks almost exactly like this. I sit down at the computer, determined to be productive, and the following chain of events occurs: Open email. Delete Gap ads. [...]
Friday Fiction is back! Start the whole book here. Or go back to the last chapter here. Or get a rundown of everything here. Just so many choices... ******** "Jen, I really don't have much time." Peter Wong stood in the doorway of their bedroom, watching his wife adjust pillows and pull back the comforter. [...]
I don't guest post often -- mainly because I have a hard enough time keeping up with this place and, really, let's face it, who the hell wants me. But one of my bloggy besties -- Kelly of DeBie Hive -- was asking for volunteers for her Writer's Workshop Wednesday series, and I said, "Sure, [...]
I've never been to BlogHer. I didn't go this year for numerous reasons. For one, I've lived through two Illinois summers and suffered through multiple visits that always seemed to coincide with a heatwave, and lately I'm against torturing myself if I can help it. For two (I know that's wrong, but does anyone know [...]
When I was in 8th grade, I -- try to contain yourselves -- tried out for cheerleading. In our school, this was a rather humiliating process -- one where you had to perform in front of the entire school and then get voted to be on the squad. I ended up just edging out the [...]
Last week's chapter ended with a question: who was at Eric's door? Well, question answered... If you'd like to start at the beginning (and I hope you will), go here. And for a list of everything, go to this page. Thanks for reading! ******** "It's good to see you too, Dad," said Eric. The man [...]
The saga continues -- we're still in the early 1990's. The Wongs are all meeting up in San Francisco, and Eric has taken refuge with Frangelica after his horrible run-in with Simon. Want to catch up (of course you do)? You can start at the beginning here, or get a list of everything here. ******** Eric could [...]
This is the continuation of last week's story. The Wongs are all meeting up in San Francisco. It's the early 1990's. Peter has already left Eric and Kauai after his father came and "collected" him. Now Peter is going to Stanford Law School and dating Jen. Want to catch up (of course you do)? You can [...]
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