I used to blog at theweirdgirl.com. All of that writing lives here now.
Hot under the collar
I'm in day two of isolation. Friday I took radioactive iodine to burn out poison me turn me into a huge rampaging lizard monster treat my thyroid. I have to [...]
Sometimes ya just gotta punk it out
So a lot has happened. First, school has ended, and as usual the end of the school year kicked my ass! It's actually rather pathetic. I just can't seem to [...]
Spring Break and I’m Exhausted
What's up with vacations tiring you out? Spring break week just finished. I was sooooo looking forward to sleeping in. But apparently, I negated that extra sleep by just having [...]
My Smelly Pants
So I bought this new pair of jeans. Skinny, soft, they've got a couple of those pre-made holes in them (which I'm not crazy about) but they are oh so [...]
Your Valued Opinion Please
I need your thoughts, please. The kid's chapter book I wrote is called The Psychic Cat. It's about a cat named Zach who can see ghosts. When a new cat [...]
The Story vs. the Selling
When I worked for startups I had to change hats constantly. At the time I could switch my brain over to a new, unrelated task pretty easily... one minute you're [...]
Lessons
I'm working on my final edit pass of my first complete book. I was kind of anxious to do the sit-down-read-through but now that I'm there I'm actually enjoying it. [...]
In-betweens
The problem I have with maintaining a blog (and this isn't something that can be helped because it is part of life) is that there are long periods where nothing [...]
The Hiatus Challenge
Hi Everyone! As you know, I've been writing on this blog for seven years. And, as I think happens with a lot of people who start blogs, I thought I [...]
I swear I’m not doing it on purpose
So I keep accidentally reading porn. And this isn't like that time when I accidentally got a Brazilian bikini wax (hint: if you hear the wax technician say, "whoops"... stop [...]
Colds and other suckasses
I have a cold. That is all. Actually, that's not all. Chance started school again yesterday! He's in second grade this year. He was very excited and I'm pretty excited [...]
Seven years blogging!
This weekend was the weirdgirl blog's seventh anniversary! It's been a long, winding, sometimes strange road. I think we (myself included) mistake these online spaces as static. I mean, they [...]