This is a “now” page. If you have your own website, you can make one too. Last updated: Q2 2026
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I spent the past almost four months working on an application for an exclusive writer event. I finally submitted it! 🙌🏻🎉 It was so much work, but really gratifying to do. Now to wait to hear whether I was accepted or not…
As a reward for all that hard work, I gave myself a week to focus on sprucing up this website. That might not be a reward for others, but it is for me! I love tinkering around with WordPress, trying to get it to act and look the way what I want—it’s like a puzzle. I’ve successfully made a bunch of changes, but the rest will have to get addressed over time, now that I’m back to balancing admin tasks like these with my writing time.
In the midst of all that I had a birthday, so now I’m 41 🥳
Writing
My current WIP is a fantasy romance novel: A rebellious princess and her resentful bodyguard are forced to work together when her uncle usurps the throne and puts her life and their kingdom in peril.
I’ve been experimenting with outlining this novel using the Snowflake Method. I like it so far, though I’ll probably tweak the method to my tastes in the future.
Reading
Two books that friends recommended to me: Dear Mr. Knightly by Katherine Reay (good, but made me cry SO MUCH); Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham (a cute, fun read)
Re-read Austenland by Shannon Hale. I aspire to write humor as well as she does!
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon, as well as the rest of his Steal Like an Artist series. I’ve read them before, but I like to reread them occasionally. They’re full of bite-sized content that, well, keeps me going. 😉
A few graphic novel series I’m currently into: My Boss Doesn’t Doesn’t Have a Face; Imperial Marriage; The Falcon Princess; The Male Lead’s Little Lion Daughter; The Perks of Being an S-Class Heroine
Watching
Anime: Spy x Family (amazing!); My Dress-up Darling (so good, but a bit pervy); Am I Actually the Strongest? (interesting premise; cute, but just okay)
Movies: Austenland. I happened to recall a funny scene and recounted it to my husband, who hadn’t seen it yet. He agreed it was hilarious, so we watched the movie together (and that triggered my re-reading the book). Good, campy fun!