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I’m a fiftyish crazy cat lady, currently living and working in the northeast Atlanta, Georgia, metro area, even though I’m originally from eastern North Carolina. Yes, I have an accent, although it’s pretty mild. No I’m not a redneck, although I will firmly correct anyone who even suggests that barbecue could be red (or made of anything besides chopped pork).
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes It used to be that conservatives understood my positions. But now, they’ve moved right, and that contributes to centrists like me gradually being left out of the discourse altogether.
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes I haven’t moved to the right. If it looks like I have on a particular issue, chances are good that I’ve always been there. The liberals, however, have moved to the left.
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes I remember the exact moment when I realized everything around me was about to change.
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes I had hoped to simply sit NaNoWriMo out for a few years until it got through its growing pains. But it’s become clear that it is no longer an organization that I can support at all.
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Describing my comfort zone; discussing tropes I do and don’t want to write; answering a question about upcoming ideas; and sharing a strength.
Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes If I had to give a one-sentence evaluation of my writing during August 2024, I think I’d say something along the lines of, “you win some, you lose some.” But it hasn’t been enough to discourage me; rather, it has given me a reason to keep my momentum going.
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes I felt horribly guilty for over a decade after my father died, which had reverberations for a significant part of my life. But I did not feel guilty after my mother’s death earlier this year. Neither of those means I’m doing it wrong.
Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes I’ve recently begun defining myself as primarily a shared universe writer. Why the change, and what does that actually mean, anyway?
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes What if Catholicism was considered to be a fandom? The analogy is surprisingly apt, and can offer insights on both sides of the equation.
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Noticing a left-handed character in one show led me to re-discover a different show that I’d enjoyed, but forgotten. When I re-watched, it sparked my imagination — and it has kept right on doing so.
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Many people assume that my anti-abortion stance is based on my faith. That’s not true at all. In fact, it’s the other way around.
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