Dawn Blair's Blog, page 152

I was almost prey!

Something lurked outside my door, but I didn’t know it. I stepped outside with my dog completely unsuspecting. Meanwhile, it waited patiently, silently. I should have felt its eyes on my back, but I didn’t. It wasn’t until I came back to the house that I saw it: This beautiful little praying mantis was hanging … Continue reading I was almost prey!

Broken quiet

Desperately trying to write my blog for the day. Two hours I’ve sat here. Researching – what do I write about tethered with “OMG, my life is so boring.” Eating honey gram crackers – I am blessed, doubly so because Merlin wants half of my gram crackers. When Kreeli wakes up to the sound of … Continue reading Broken quiet

Viking longship

Sometimes human beings delight me. Sometimes. A couple weeks ago as Dawn was leaving the grocery store, I saw this on the side of a van. Of course I had to have her take a picture because it made me smile and I thought I’d share it. Did I forget to mention that it is … Continue reading Viking longship

Second hit of the reset button

I’ve been slowly getting back to narrating. It got challenging last year with all the smoke in the air and I’m very sensitive to smoke, so it was making my throat raw. I certainly wasn’t going to do anything to hurt my voice, so I stopped. Unfortunately, that allowed life to get in the way. … Continue reading Second hit of the reset button

Updating Loki

I spent most of yesterday and this morning getting ready for FanX in Salt Lake City. I can’t believe that it’s like 4 measly little weeks away. Business cards are updated and ordered — after my last show, I am nearly out. It’s not a good thing to be at a show like FanX and … Continue reading Updating Loki

Better day – better today

Happy, bright morning to you all. I’m going to try to keep it short this morning, since yesterday was very cathartic for me. I’ve been working on my mindset this week and that was one of the repetitive thoughts going around in my head I really needed to flip to work for me, not against … Continue reading Better day – better today

Never good enough?

This is a hard post to write. Why? Because I see myself as never good enough. Writing a post like this demands that I admit it. People around me would be shocked if they knew how deeply this runs to my core. After all, I was valedictorian of my graduating class and voted most likely … Continue reading Never good enough?

Shivers

I’m finally through with a section of Loki’s newest adventure that was down right creeping me out. The story called for me to make Loki into something small. Very small. I contemplated several ideas before deciding on a spider. Yeah, that was before I had to start doing research on the type of spider I … Continue reading Shivers

Is a new Loki Adventure in the future?

Let me gaze into my crystal ball and see if a new Loki short novel is coming soon. Oh, look! There it is. Part of the reason it took me so long to work on Sacred Knight #5 and #6 is because I was also off doing side quests in other stories. I wrote a … Continue reading Is a new Loki Adventure in the future?

Gardening and Tending

I garden all year around. Or so it seems. Let me explain. Gardening and tending is what I call updates on my books after I’ve already released them. You know, catch typos that have been found, update cover, change blurbs, and other typical upkeep that gets to be done on books in this new world … Continue reading Gardening and Tending