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- The Writing Was Easy. I Think I Was Doing It Wrong.
I’m not entirely sure how I got from that moment of white-hot annoyance to deciding to write a children’s book. I don’t have children, and I am decidedly NOT young child-friendly. Call me crazy, but I prefer kids at that weird hormonal 14-year-old stage. I always had it in the back of my head that… Read more: The Writing Was Easy. I Think I Was Doing It Wrong. - Five Years of Facts, Then I Started Making Things Up
What was I thinking? I’m not a journalist; this is nuts! How am I responsible for informing all these people? I was in RETAIL for years. I’m actually kind of dumb; ask anyone. Imposter syndrome hit me HARD. It was all fun and games writing about critters and funny stories, but now I had to… Read more: Five Years of Facts, Then I Started Making Things Up - I Said Yes to a Dog Column. Things Escalated
I think one of my first columns for Living Snoqualmie was about proper poop etiquette. Yes, I was fully immersed in the dog training world at this point. It was fairly preachy and high-and-mighty, and I had my first taste of interweb trolls, but I was having a blast. Looking back, the articles weren’t all… Read more: I Said Yes to a Dog Column. Things Escalated - I Never Had a Plan, Which Explains a Lot
I kind of drifted through my earlier adult life without much purpose. I didn’t know what I wanted to be, but I knew I wanted no part in being whatever it was that was expected of me. Was I a little rebellious? Yes. Did I have reasons for that? Also, yes, but that’s old history… Read more: I Never Had a Plan, Which Explains a Lot - Things I Read Instead of Going Outside
Ahh, childhood. For some, summer was all about being in the sun, tanned and gloriously free. I do remember briefly being one of those kids who loved to run, swim and bike. But then, I hit a growth spurt, or rather, the growth spurt hit me. Somehow, in the summer between the 5th and 6th… Read more: Things I Read Instead of Going Outside
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