tidbits

Autumn came in with a gust of rain and my soggy back yard looks green but wilting. Summer didn’t even say goodbye; I woke up one day and she was just gone. It’s like losing a friend, especially when the usual seasonal affective nonsense starts to kick in. This time I’m diligently taking vitamin D in absence of the sunshine, and I’m seriously thinking about investing in some therapy. My winters get very very dark, and I need to do something differently this year to manage my mental health.

My daughter is going to be TEN in a couple of days. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I can’t. A decade. I’ve been a mom for a decade. It just boggles the mind, to think that she was once this tiny, hairy little creature that changed my entire life. She was so soft and gorgeous, and now she’s this fiercely independent girl, who challenges me and who has these huge ideas and I often wish I had the energy to go along with all of her schemes and pranks. She’s so busy, all the time, and I love her imagination.

I’m published again, this time in a micro fiction contest at Tidbits Writing.

While I didn’t place in the contest itself, the ebook anthology is filled with the winners and honourable mentions, and you’ll find me in the section entitled Fairy tales remixed.

(Because they’re all so wonderful, I’ll also include the second batch of stories )

As ever, I am humbled and thrilled beyond words to be included in such a vibrant anthology, alongside such creative and imaginative wordsmiths. While it is so tempting at the end of the day to curl up with a show and a cup of tea, I’ve been realizing lately that my writing career will never have the success I want it to have if I continue to spend so much time binging Outlander from the beginning.

So, here’s to a more self-aware and disciplined winter, with defences in place to battle the Depression beast, and a re-dedication to creative endeavours.