I'm so tired

Nothing says “I'm a writer” like the existential crisis of having 1 novel to promote, 1 first draft that needs revisions, 1 first draft in progress, 2 short stories to finish, 2 performance stories in progress, and 2 books you're currently reading And wanting to tackle all of them at the same time

I don’t want to live anymore. I can’t take this. I’m sick and trembling. Disarmed (wasn’t even holding the gun) Pepper sprayed Executed at point blank range. This is not law enforcement training. This is state sanctioned murder in the streets.

If your country is enabling thugs to extrajudicially execute people and then fabricating lies and demanding people not believe the proof in front of their eyes, you are no longer living in a free country that has a true rule of law.

Dear Georgia: Y'all get books or games or something. Your friends can't afford to attend a bunch of baby showers in the Fall cause y'all got bored when the power went out.

The short film based on one of my performance stories has been accepted to two more festivals: Dam Short Film Festival in Nevada and Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Florida. Adapted by Kelly Silverman & me Director/DP Tim Glover Co-producer David Silverman

Needed an updated author photo. This is what the publisher's marketing department preferred. What y'all think? Do I come across as fun but professional but relatable and interesting and possibly a good writer and omg this picture is going to be on my book, the book that I wrote, and ...

Too much of my life right now is at the whim of capricious, vindictive, selfish, shitty people in the twilight years of their lives who seem determined to make themselves the main characters to the bitter end. Anyway, maybe tomorrow.

I yearn to be in the tax bracket that doesn't have to spend an inordinate amount of time combing through coupons and deals to save $60 on a grocery list that I'll be stretching to make last 2 weeks. Are we winning yet?

I did it. I finally did it. I finished writing the first draft of Blood of the Dearest. Took me a year and 9 days, but its done! And now I have a writer's hangover. 😅

The world is going to hell in a busted hand basket and all I accomplished today was writing on a fiction story. 1900 words closer to be done with my latest manuscript. No closer to figuring out how we fix this mess.

Dear Trumpaholics: These people aren't your friends. They aren't helping you at all. They do not give a wet fart about you or making your life easier. It's weird AF that you cheer for their atrocities as if they're your victories. They may be their victories, but they're also everyone's losses.

"What's the flavor, my crispy cheeseballs?" and other ways I'll make conversations awkward, the novel and 8 part miniseries. 🤣🤣🤣

Y'all have some 'splainin' to do. How come no one ever told me how absolutely delicious these Zagnut bars are? And yes, I'm eating it while sitting in bed and reading a book. I'm opening my 2026 with ✨ intention ✨.

Dear FBI, I know I've been Googling some sketchy stuff, especially recently. I promise it's for a book. I'm just an author. I swear. 📃✍️😅

This is me.

I've decided I need more chaos in my life, so I'm submitting an application to be part of the Center for Puppetry Arts Xperimental Puppet Theater in 2026. I'm adapting a story idea I had banked that takes a familiar nursery rhyme mixes in Appalachia Folk Horror themes. #BookSky #LetsGo

I was definitely supposed to spend the day writing... 📖✍️ But instead I ended up playing 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,' cleaning edition. 🐭🍪 Yay(?) for being productive. 💁‍♀️ Boo(?) for not being the "right" kind of productive. 🤷‍♀️ The case for me having undiagnosed ADHD grows stronger by the day. 😅

“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”

5 Movies to Get to Know Me 1. Legend (1985) 2. What Dreams May Come (1998) 3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 4. Beetlejuice (1988) 5. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Honorable Mentions: To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Ever After (1998)

Tonight's current plans include a little reading by wine light. Featuring Conjuror by Holly Sullivan McClure because it caught my attention at Everywhen store in Marble Hill, GA. And Prophecy Buttery Chardonnay because that's what my husband brought home.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks was one of my favorite movies as a child and I think that explains a lot about me.

For the record, I'm not a foreign bot. Which is exactly what a foreign bot would say. So if you've met me in real life, it was probably a foreign plot and not a very good one.

"7 million isn't that many compared to the population" (frequent comment about No Kings Protests ) Fun fact: you will only get around 4% of folks who are upset vocally complaining. So we can extrapolate to 175,000,000. Sincerely, A Marketing Expert with 15 years experience and a Sociology degree

People not showing up and just assuming I'll handle everything is exactly why I'm backing out of most of my non-profit commitments and have reduced what I do overall. Group projects continue to suck into adulthood, y'all.

Y'all find someone that looks at you like I look at my coffee... And then consider getting a restraining order. #ImKidding #Maybe #Coffee #Humor

If the coffee cup ain't this big... I'll still want it, but it's going to take a few refills to get me through the day. Maybe it'll fuel a writing frenzy later. A girl can dream anyway. 🤣☕😍 #Coffee #WriterSky #BookSky

So much talent sitting next to me at the Broadleaf Writers Conference today!!!! From left to right: Robert Gwaltney, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Lisa Harrison, and me #livingthedream

Takeaway from a Broadleaf conference panel: realized there are more uncomfortable elements in my upcoming novel, Where the Roots Tangle, than I thought when I was writing it. B/c I wrote what was normal for me. Sometimes what's a regular Tuesday for you is nightmare fuel for others. #writerslife

Excited to be back for another Broadleaf Writers Conference! Some of my favorite people are here. Can't wait to meet new favorite people. I've been a writer all my life, but my journey as an author and filmmaker started at a Broadleaf conference three years ago. #writersky #booksky

Kind of want to devise a Tamarian like language. For example: Bolton, trumped in his halls Could mean being retaliated against for childish reasons with excessive abuses of power

Have another awkward bathroom selfie. As a treat. 🤣 Can I get some crossed fingers and well wishes? 🤞 Award ceremony for Cobb International Film Festival is this evening. I'm not expecting anything, but it'd be fantastic if we earned a little something with And the Moon Sees Me. #writersky #film

So I went to a film festival today. Enjoyed several of the films. What I did NOT enjoy were the ones that used being gay or non-consent assault as the punchline. Not cool. #DoBetter

I'm at the Strand in Marietta, GA for the Cobb International Film Festival. Our short film, And the Moon Sees Me, will be screened later. It's based on an original short story I wrote. I figured it was a good time to do my first bathroom selfie. Bask in the awkward. #WriterSky

This was such a bizarre day full of people who will probably never know the characters and situations they've inspired in my future writing. 😅🙃🤫

I'm very early for Lo Patrick's pub event Poe & Company Bookstore for her novel Fast Boys and Pretty Girls. It goes from 6:30-8:00pm this evening in Milton, GA, so there is still plenty of time for you to join me! #books #booksky

If life is what you make it and all the world's a stage, the audience that must temper their reviews knowing I did all I could with the materials I had.

+2100 words on Blood of the Dearest. Hoping to finish the first draft by July 31. Taking all forms of motivation, including coffee. #WriterSky #Books

Last night, I went to my very first storytelling event put on by The Moth, but it definitely won't be my last. Eventually, I'm going to throw my hat in and see if I get a chance to tell a story. 😍😍😍 #storytelling #writerlife #authorlife

I accidentally scratched the stone drink coaster with my finger nail and other things that made me say bad words today. An anthology by me. #WhyAmILikeThis Guest writers welcome. 🤣🤣🤣

For those of the Writerly podcast fan club: broadleafwriters.com/write-now-po...

When you thought you were recording a video for work ... but you accidentally take a selfie instead ... and it looks both good and somehow a little angry #selfie #writerslife

We don't have to worry about the zombie apocalypse anymore. There aren't enough brains to feed them. They'd starve. 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧠🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️

I don't often Zodiac, but when I do, it's extra awesome with cats and ice cream.

I was invited to deliver a performance story at the Reinhardt University summer residency program. We also screened And the Moon Sees Me, the short film based on a performance story. Plus was the first time my fam saw me perform. 😁 Wonderful time! Appreciated the opportunity! ✨✨✨ #WriterSky

I decided who I wanted to be. I'm working on it.

I do love a good Writerly Meetup and these are some of the bestest folks. Featuring @dzgrizzle.bsky.social @billbridges.bsky.social @marcmonroe.bsky.social Jessica Nettles Derek Phillips C. Adam Volle #WriterSky

Not for nothing but if Biden had done this it would be a 2 week story.