Page Turner's Blog, page 11

When the Kid that People Told to Shut Up Grows Up to Be an Author

I learned early on to hide my notebooks. My mom would find them anyway and destroy them. One time, she even pitched one into the fireplace. I got called "devil spawn" if I wrote with profanity or anything that was considered out there in my strict religious home (spoiler: a lot was considered "out there" in my strict religious home).

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I’ll Probably Always Be a People Pleaser, But At Least I’ve Learned to Please the Right Ones

I've learned that I count. I'm a person too. I should be on that list.

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I’m So Proud of Myself for Doing a Good Job Living Without You

I'm so proud of myself today. Because I'm doing a good job living without you. Even though at first I didn't think I could do it. I didn't see a way that I could make it without you.

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I Sometimes Wonder About People Who Have Always Been One Way & Assume That Everyone Else Has As Well

They don't realize I have these stunning moments where life is actually okay for two minutes, and I find myself crying because I'm so grateful that I have food to eat and a place to sleep.

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It’s Hard to Find the Right Balance When You Need to Tell Someone There’s an Issue But You Don’t Need Help

It's hard to find the right balance when you need to tell someone there's an issue, but you don't need help. But this time at least I managed.

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This Is the Softest Landing We’ve Ever Had & I’m So Proud of Us

Maybe neither of us wanted to do this tonight (or ever). But we're coming in for the softest landing we've ever had. And I'm so proud of us.

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Nothing’s Been Quite Right for a While, But I Do Have Hope

Maybe it's not much. But it gave me some hope. Maybe the green beans will bounce back one day. And maybe a lot of other things that I've written off.

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Why I Didn’t Want to Start a Discord Server & Why I’m So Glad I Did

I said no the first dozen times that it was suggested to me. I was so wrong.

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Minerva the Liar (Psychic State #3) by Page Turner Is Out!

Minerva the Liar by Page Turner is officially out. The Psychic State books are sci-fi/mysteries with strong female leads that feature a large ensemble cast of polyamorous characters.

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What Is Casus Belli?

Literally, act of war in Latin, casus belli is the act of picking a fight over basically nothing. It's when someone is using whatever justification they can to start a fight -- and especially when they use it as an excuse to dump you or fall out with you socially.

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