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February 27, 2017
Music Monday – Billy Boyd: The Last Goodbye
If you follow me on, well, anywhere online, you know how much I love the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. I have watched them all countless times over the years and it’s not likely to stop anytime soon. I sit up late and write and they play in the background. Whenever they’re replayed on TNT there is some unwritten law that states they must be watched right then and there.
I was wondering what to post today and the final song for the very final movie came to mind… It encompasses all 6...
February 22, 2017
Birthday Thoughts
Birthdays come once a year and mine’s today. I turned 46.
Over the past few years, I’ve both looked forward to my birthday and dreaded it. Usually by the middle of the day, I’m depressed and disenchanted.There are no friends to celebrate with. There are no surprise parties or presents. I always expect it to change or get more festive, because when I looked on social media, it seemed everyone else had great celebrations and boy what a loser I am that I don’t/didn’t/haven’t.
This year, today,...
February 21, 2017
It’s The Final…Book. Or… Not…
I have a new release today. it’s the 4th and final book in my Black & White Series in Eliza Gayle’s Southern Shifters Kindle World.
Writing in someone else’s world, one that they lovingly and painstakingly created was a challenge, one I didn’t think I’d create anything but one story around. But here we are and there are 4.
The characters I created… Bex and Gus, Michael and Maxine, Marcel and Mari, Leah and Blake, even Gus’s parents, Beck, the Mayor, and the newest character, Roan… t...
February 19, 2017
Sunday Speeds – February 19, 2017
Howdy, y’all!
Nascar took to the track last night… OR rather, they were supposed to. The rain had other ideas… 
So, today, there will be racing! There will be 17 engines fired up and roaring around the track in Daytona at 11am! Next week is full of racing, too, starting on Thursday with the Duels at Daytona, followed by the Camping World Truck race on Friday night, the Xfinity race on Saturday afternoon, and the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
They’ve kinda change things up for this year, in terms of...
February 14, 2017
Can You Feel The Love?
Chocolate. Roses. Hearts. Love.
I’ll take the chocolate. And a day of writing. And a Lord of the Rings marathon.
I hope you’re loving yourself today. I hope you’re loving each other.
~lissa
February 13, 2017
Music Monday – The Pretty Reckless: Take Me Down
I am so addicted to this song. I listen to it on repeat ALL THE TIME!
Reminds me of some old 70’s rock… I can’t say why. But I’m in love with the sound, the lyrics, her voice in it, the melody, the harmony… I’m in love with the feel of it. That good old rock feeling… That’s how music should be. It should give us all the feels… Every last damn one of them…
~lissa
February 2, 2017
10K Weekends For Writers – February 2-5, 2017
Howdy, y’all!
I know it’s been a few weeks since I posted this and well, that was rather on purpose. I’ve been working through revisions on an older story and kind of lost my way. I wanted it to be better than it once was and while I thought I was doing the right things to make it better, I lost confidence in it, in me.
But, I finished the revisions and I need to figure out what to do with it. In the meantime, I have Black and White, Book 4 to finish and that’s what I’m working on this weeke...
January 29, 2017
Music Monday – Halestorm: Rock Show
I need a good concert to go to. I need some loud music. I need to scream all the stress out. I need my heart pounding in my chest because I’m singing along to all the words at the top of my lungs.
Because there are times when nothing is better than a Rock Show…
January 23, 2017
Music Monday – Sixx:A.M.: Are You With Me Now
It’s been a crazy weekend. From the inauguration on Friday to being out in the rain on Saturday to just staying holed up in the house in my pj’s yesterday…
I have so many feelings about the events of the last almost 18+ months… I’ve seen the best of people and I’ve seen the worst. I’ve seen things that scare me for my children, for my family, for my friends, for myself, for my country, for the world. I’ve seen things that give me hope, that touch me deeply, that give me chills in the most ama...
January 17, 2017
Dear Readers… January 17, 2017
I think I’m going to take a page put of Kathleen Kelly’s book in You’ve Got Mail and begin as though we’re in the middle of a conversation… Or, maybe I’ll just talk. Or maybe… Who knows…
I’ve been writing and wondering and second guessing every word, every phrase, every scene. Time is really of the essence and I don’t have it to waste. This is a busy writing year. Or supposed to be.
See, I’m going to end something in a way that will pass off the majority of people who read it. That’s just al...
