I'm not much of a gamer, but I love my #disneydreamlightvalley . These guys & gal are my favs so far. Their names are Hapbee, 💛Buzbee,🤍 Cotton Canbee💙 & Lemonade.🩷🥰

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#WritingLifeMonthly 25: Author's prose lives rent-free in your head? This is a stretch, but Google will tell you all you need to know (1/2):

#WritingLifeMonthly 21. E-reader, mostly. But if I travel I take a physical book with me. Usually it’s a hardback because I like to get the newest releases. I haven’t traveled in years, but this has me thinking about what to pack for a trip planned for this spring…🤔

#WritingLifeMonthly 20. ROMANCE! Always. And, yes, it's 95% of what I read anyway.😊

'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'

You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.” This is where we get the 'sibling.' And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.” Over time, it came to mean "close friend." Now it is something we share w/ close friends... 'gossip.'

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time. All are considered acceptable so go off.

Heads up: if you are describing a fox, there’s like a 99% chance that you will use the adjective ‘sly.’

Angeln is a peninsula in Germany. It is thought that a group of Germans called ‘The Angles’ left that area to settle in Great Britain. People started calling the place they settled ‘Angle-land.’ This morphed into ‘England.’ We now speak ‘English.’

‘Vacant’ means open or free. ‘Vacation’ means freedom from work. Ok, time for a break.

‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

Be nice to the frogs--you never know which one's a prince! 🙂

‘Excruciating’ comes from the same root word as ‘crucify.’ We hope this knowledge doesn’t cause you great pain or anguish.

I had it coming to me: this this the first time I've ever been terrified by an article. I had to force myself to finish it. To me nothing is usually 'necessary reading', but this was. Read it, then go hug your loved ones/pets/plushies. You're going to need that. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...

#WritingLifeMonthly 18. This is a throwback, but I was never crazy about “Harry Potter”. My mom read it to me as a kid as our bedtime story/bonding time. I think Mom was more into it than I was. I wouldn’t say I hated it, but I’m glad I never loved it, because the whole thing with the author is 🤢.

#WritingLifeMonthly 14. If I don’t like it, I don’t feel bad putting it away when I have more pressing things to do. That way I can have the best of both worlds--read until I get bored, then go do other things. Because if I enjoy a book from start to finish, I read it in one sitting.😊

#WritingLifeMonthly 13. None on my shelves, lots in my Kindle. I tend to buy when they’re on sale and then forget I have them.😂

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ultimate = last in a series penultimate = second-to-last in a series antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series

#WritingLifeMonthly 12 One would be the aforementioned vampires and other traditional monsters. Another would be most blurbs that mention ‘a secret that threatens…’ That’s drama, not romance. That level of conflict isn’t my thing.

#WritingLifeMonthly 11. I just started a new book today. It’s set around Christmas; I’m good with that. But it’s also about a longtime unrequited love. Even just reading it, I feel bad for the FMC. If I lived in this universe and was friends with her, I’d feel really bad. Unrequited is tough. 😢

#WritingLifeMonthly 8: Ten Thousand Light Years from Okay Chocolate Walnut Chip Cookie Well, lots of bands names are ridiculous...But both the book and the cookie were really good.😊

#WritingLifeMonthly 7. Assuming there’s also a comfy daybed where I can rest my neck and nap between books, I may never leave! I’d go to the romance section first (obviously 😂) but then I may very well check out the celeb autobiographies! The older I get, the more I want quiet and good books.

#WritingLifeMonthly 6. Not the kind of sad you asked for, but it has stuck with me all this time!

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#WritingLifeMonthly 5. I’m not sure who that is! 😂 I’m thinking a tie between Sariah Wilson and Marie Force. I don’t get very starstruck, but I am reserved in person, so assuming I could talk, I’d say, ‘hi, I love your work’.

#WritingLifeMonthly 4. 👧➡️🐰🫖💭

I have doctor's appointments for the next two days, so I'm getting ahead on #WritingLifeMonthly .

#WritingLifeMonthly 28. Any scene with kids in it. Though I’m one at heart, I’m mystified by the real deal.

#WritingLifeMonthly 27. I don’t have a pic of my dad handy.🙂 I have some medical terminology in my book and he’s a doctor. He was so helpful. He helped with editing, too, since my manuscript was on a laptop, and I can’t manipulate those easily.

#WritingLifeMonthly 25. What was the first story you every wrote?

#WritingLifeMonthly 24. Happy birthday, Tracey! Mine is August 18th, but I've never seen it in a book. With the amount I read, that's surprising. But maybe someday! If anyone else has seen August 18th in a book, comment which one! I'm curious now.😊

Struggling to find your character? Indulge in a little dream-casting. Who might be amazing in this role? Write for them until your #character reveals him or herself. sowhatsyourstory.ca #storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #theatre #filmmaking

#WritingLifeMonthly 22. I do all my long-form writing in silence. I can’t concentrate otherwise. The same goes for editing. If someone is paying me to do a thing, I need quiet. But I have music on a lot, including when I market. Today it’s 60s’ rock.

#WritingLifeMonthly 21. For a book, Wonderland, I guess. As in “Alice in”, my favorite. (Post the Queen of Hearts' reign, please.) But since I’ve written so much fanfiction about “Zootopia”, I’d rather visit there.

#WritingLifeMonthly 20. What's the one thing you're most proud of about your book? That I wrote my FMC the way I speak. I’m a much more efficient writer than speaker, but writing her any other way would’ve felt contrived to me.

#WritingLifeMonthly ‘Regular girl meets movie star’ 😍🤩🎬🍿

#WritingLifeMonthly 18. I don't have a designated pile--I keep them in a couple places. Technically I'm midway through Al Pacino's memoir, "Sonny Boy". "Disney Adults" is by AJ Wolfe.

#WritingLifeMonthly 17. That I could/would actually do it. The whole time I was writing and editing, it felt so surreal. I also thought I'd abandon it at some point. One of my mottoes is 'if it's not fun, don't do it'. Life. time, energy, are all too precious. But it stayed fun.

Dear Team #disneydreamlightvalley , If you can have this guy, you can have Zipper #RescueRangers . I'm sure they would 'bee' great friends--to each other and to us Rulers.😊

#WritingLifeMonthly 16 First line: Have you ever heard the song, "27 Jennifers?" And thanks to the theme song prompt from the other day, maybe you can tell Jaime (my FMC) that you have! 😉

#WritingLifeMonthly 15. Not sure if I’ve ever actually done it, but every time I type ‘poor’ I’m afraid I’ll accidently type ‘poop’. I only type with one finger, so I guess it’s always possible.😱

#WritingLifeMonthly 14. I did some calculations--my book is actually 8 years old. This is the Real Cover. My mom is a talented photographer and took the photo, then did some Adobe magic with it. My cousin was gracious enough to be the model--on her wedding day! Good memories.🙂

#WritingLifeMonthly 13. Writing is so much more work than most people realize. When I wrote my novel, so many people told me they wish they could write one. I have a hard time believing that.