2022 New Years Year’s Resolutions (Draft)

Because life is just a series of revisions and I am a work in progress.

Don’t Road Trip without These

I have a checklist from a travel website of things to take on a road trip: first-aid kit, flashlight, USB cables, wet-wipes and hand sanitizer, a water bottle, tissues, sunscreen, lotion… Dude. These are the contents of my purse on an average day...

5 Favorite Things About October

Cover photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash I've given up being a Texas apologist, but there are a few things that this state gets right, like barbecue, Tex-Mex, and Shiner Bock. One thing Texas does not do, is seasons. I've put up Christmas lights in shorts and a tank top, and I maybe wear my…

Five Reasons to End a Social Media Sabbatical

“Sabbatical” sound so much better than “I just can Internet right now.” There are plenty of articles about disconnecting or going on a social media diet. And really, does “Twitter and I are on a break right now” need elaboration in 2021? Probably not. Ghosting on most of the Interwebs—well, okay, it was actually scarily…

Let’s Do the Thing. All the things.

It's been so long that Rosemary-the-Author has, you know, interacted with human beings, I forget that there's a protocol. A protocol that includes actually letting people know you're going to be somewhere. I've got some nifty events coming up for writers and readers.

New Year's Resolutions are crap. We can all just acknowledge that, right?

"Goals" and "plans" are much more concrete and useful. I know this because of all the How to Be Productive articles I read when I should be being productive. It wasn't even a waste of time...

NaNoWriMo Freebies

Whether you're a writing tortoise or a writing hare, here's some advice from people smarter (or at least more famous) than me.

Annotated Guide to Helping After Hurricane Harvey

So many people and organizations are helping with Hurricane Harvey rescue and recovery. How do you tell which ones to support? (Answer: read this post.) Why should you care? (Answer: you are not a monster. Or at least, not a heartless one.)

When is a guy on a horse not just a guy on a horse?

There are a lot of things I don't know about. One of them is what it's like to be black in the South. I can empathize as a human being, and I can generalize from my experiences as a woman, but when a cop pulls me over, my biggest fear is that my insurance rates…

Movie Monday: Apocalypse Kong

Kong: Skull Island. So much monsters fighting. In a monster movie! Go figure. High quality fight scenes, too. I absolutely mean this as a good thing. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.