January is one of the most depressing months of the year. Unless your birthday happens to fall in January, there’s not much to look forward to in this depressing first month. The holidays are over, the weather outside is cold, and most people abandon their New Year’s Resolutions by Blue Monday — touted as the most depressing […]
Month: January 2021
What is a Plot Bunny? How to Slay Your Creative Ideas
It took me ten years to write Sailor Helga. I used to write Hey Arnold! fanfiction. By the time I retired in 2018, I had written over a dozen stories about that fictional kid with the football-shaped head. One story in particular took much longer to write than the others. It was a crazy crossover idea marrying my […]
What is Real Person Fiction?
The Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden is (finally) set to take place on January 20, 2021. I’ll resist the urge to make any comments about the departing Commander in Chief. I’ll also abstain from making any comments regarding the embarrassment on the Capitol just a few days prior to the Inauguration ceremony. Instead, I’d like […]
How to Set Measurable Goals in 2021
The year 2020 is finally behind us. Goodbye 2020, hello 2021. And while it’s true that the world hasn’t changed dramatically with the turning over of the clock, a lot of people are optimistic that the New Year has a much rosier outlook for us than the past 12 months. Despite uncertainty, people are still […]