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i didn't realize how easy it was to slide back

Hola readers!
I walked into work about an hour after I normally do. We had three employees working today. The bathrooms were restricted to just us. Tables blocked the path into the dining room. An eerie silence hung over the whole cafe.
What a wild last three days.
Wild.
When I look back at last week or even two weeks ago, the comparison is insane. One minute I'm telling people, "see you next week," and the next I'm saying, "see you...soon....hopefully..."
What is this? How do we even wrap our...

i had a panic attack last night

Hola readers!

I had a panic attack while trying to fall asleep last night.
I haven't had a "real" one like this in probably two years. I didn't think all this talk of the virus was really causing me to worry. Up to this point I've felt pretty calm about the whole thing, a peace that didn't mimic a lot of what was going on. I told my friend yesterday that I haven't worried these last couple weeks: come what may, I have no control of any of the events. I hug (and have continued to hug) people...

Book Review: Thinking Like a Boss from Kate Crocco

Maybe you feel the pull to start a business but deep down you're afraid that you don't have what it takes. Maybe you have a great idea but wonder if you're actually qualified to make it happen. 
Kate Crocco exposes the 12 limiting beliefs that are holding you back from your true potential, such as
- I should have it all together and I don't
- I'm not ready or qualified to start
- I don't have enough time
- It's already been done before
- and more

With plenty of inspiring true stories and...

Book Review: On The Edge of The Dark Sea of Darkness

Janner Igiby, his brother, Tink, and their disabled sister, Leeli, are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that they love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang, who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice. The Igibys hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.

I got this book because of the freaking...

voices

Voices.
They surround me.
The news, music, books, friends...strangers...
my own brain

the voices.
they surround me.

Every day they attempt to define me, to prove to me, to make me into who they want me to be. They back me into a corner, attempt to scratch at what I know to be true and sometimes what I can't help but want to believe.
When I look in the mirror, they tell me I'll never be good enough, brave enough, work enough, have enough support, be successful enough. I need to wear more makeup, a...

MEET SABRIEL [crownless king update]

Hola my beautiful readers!
Today it's time for a character meet and greet, and I am introducing my latest heroine. For those who have asked


no she's not taking Serena's place at Milosh's sideLet's just clear the air with that fact. I hate love triangles and naive girls who get in the way of a romance (it's a tricky situation we authors barely do right), and I refuse to try with this one. Milosh + Serena = rightness. Sabriel is NOT getting in the way. 
Sabriel is a character I created in...

21 years

21 years single.
So single in fact, that I've never been asked on a date. I rarely have guys flirt with me. I'm everyone's friend.

That sounds bad.
Maybe a little sad.
21 years single. 

This Valentines I didn't allow that fact to to affect me though.
I refused to even think about it.
For so long I mourned being single -- especially around the age of fifteen/sixteen and watching friends go on dates, and after High School, seeing marriages and kids. I often wondered if something was wrong with me...

More Than We Remember |Book Review|

I now take a quick break from my regular posting to do a review of a recent book that is definitely one to think about adding to your TBR! 

One night changes everything for three women. . . .
When Addison Killbourn's husband is involved in a car accident that leaves a woman dead, her perfectly constructed life crumbles apart. 
Emilia Cruz is a deputy bearing a heavy burden far beyond the weight of her job. Her husband is no longer the man she married, and Emilia's determined to prevent...

why changing your perspective can change EVEYRTHING

I lived for a short time of my childhood in the mountains in an old farmhouse that didn't have air condition and you had to travel an hour to go to Walmart. I don't remember much of that time, but those moments, that place where my parents grew up, is a place I always run to today as an adult. When life is getting too much, working in the public is weighing on me, and the choices I need to make overwhelm my soul
Photos via past return trips
I return to the mountains. There's something...

Photo Haul ~ Nature Child + Life

Hola readers!
I dabble in photography and sometimes I come across a really, really, satisfying shoot. Over Christmas break my cousins and sisters decided to try and do some pics for The Crownless King, and I ended up being extremely happy with them.
I'm going to use these to help promo my book's release in September and on my insta, and for aesthetics when I decided to try and get some character intros up on the blog.
So presenting a photo haul of completely raw edited pics inspired by my...