Okay, so here’s the thing about having rheumatoid arthritis. Things hurt. Yes, I’m managing the pain, but i’ve only just recently been diagnosed and am still working with my doctor to figure out the best drug combination. But all the treatment stuff aside, I am still experiencing joint pain. I will probably always have some […]
Writer's Life
Book Planning
This week has been a strange week. Though, I feel as though I say that about most weeks. I suppose that’s better than falling into routine, but alas. This week has been a strange week. Mostly, because I started writing the fourth book in my upcoming On Behalf of Death series. This follows Cal Thorpe, […]
Too Early the Sun
Yesterday, we had a massive silver maple taken out at the house. The tree was six feet wide at the base, had three main trunks, was probably 80-100ft tall (hard to tell) and, unfortunately, was rotting. The limbs that hung over the house and power lines were the worrying bits, so it had to come […]
Multi-book Weekend
Okay, here’s the thing about rheumatoid arthritis that I didn’t know. (To be honest, there’s a whole bunch I don’t know, as this is still fairly new to me.) Fatigue sucks. A lot. Yes, I’ve had fatigue before in my life–read coeliacs, allergies, all those lovely autoimmune things–but this feels a lot more…intense. For the […]
The Dog Days of Summer
Summer and I do not get along. At all. There are about two weeks in the middle of spring where I think, “Hmm, maybe it would be nice to sit out in the sun and be warm.” And then the heat hits and I realise that those thoughts were Not A Good Idea. Basically, I […]