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Rose Red [Things I Don’t Love]

Rose Red, like a number of the movies in my rewatch queue, has its flaws. I love it despite of those sometimes. However, as much as I love the ensemble cast, there are certain characters I just don’t like. Annie is chief among them. The autistic savant, Annie, who is the seeming catalyst for the … Continue reading Rose Red [Things I Don’t Love]

Confession Time

I have nothing that resembles a work/life balance, probably announced by the fact that I’m blogging on Christmas instead of hanging out with my family. I did that earlier, at least for a little while. However, in my daily life, non-holiday days, I generally work from the time I get up until about ten minutes … Continue reading Confession Time

Rewatching Rose Red [Things I Love]

For those of you who don’t know, I rewatch a lot of the same movies over and over again. Rose Red is one of those movies I watch fairly consistently. Yes, I realize it is actually a made for TV movie which is about five hours long. I enjoy it; therefore, I keep rewatching it. … Continue reading Rewatching Rose Red [Things I Love]

What Did Momma Know [The Mother Figure in Rose Red]

I was rewatching “Rose Red” the TV movie last night when I was struck by the mother figure. She seems almost inconsequential, almost a throw away character to give you someone standing between Rachel and her father,  but there is more to it. First, she’s the first to notice what Annie has done to the … Continue reading What Did Momma Know [The Mother Figure in Rose Red]

Recognizing Burnout

Sometimes I am less than honest with myself about how much I can get done. Truthfully, I tend to overschedule and often have to bring myself down to more realistic goals. Why? Because I was brought up with the idea of busy equals good. No matter how bad you wanna stop, being busy is a … Continue reading Recognizing Burnout

Learning as a Small Business

As a small business, there are a lot of things I have to learn. Some of them I can outsource to other people, but many things are mine by virtue of my existence as a small business owner. As a result, I’ve developed a habit of devouring books on the business side of things. I … Continue reading Learning as a Small Business

My Time Management

I often end up with a plethora of time. This does not always work in my favor. I’m easily distracted and I tend to procrastinate a lot. Go figure. I have the attention span of a goldfish some days. However, that is not to say that I never get anything done. For those of you … Continue reading My Time Management

Haunted Houses

I just finished the outline for a book called, tentatively, Shelter. It’s a haunted house story at its core, but I’m hoping there will be enough unique elements to keep people reading. The outline has me psyched to write it. However, it has to get in line behind the other work I have to finish … Continue reading Haunted Houses

Help! Life’s In The Way

I’ll be honest, life has been in the way a lot lately. I’m dealing with slow time at work and personal issues. How do I keep writing? Well, one, writing is my refuge. If I can’t do anything else right in life, I can write. Two, I wanna make a living at this some day … Continue reading Help! Life’s In The Way

Wandering Word Counts

Sometimes my life is all about the word count. I need this many words to get to the place where I want to be. Often that is 2k for me to consider myself to have had a productive day. However, I very rarely plan out what kind of word count I should have in order … Continue reading Wandering Word Counts