writer and illustrator of quirky cozy mysteries &
old-school romances hollywood used to make
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dearest quokkalokka:
dearest quokkalokka:
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it's springtime, and that means the forsythia bushes are a bright highlighter yellow. we love a bright highlighter yellow, my quokkalokka. especially next to the still-dead-looking bushes and trees that don't have their leaves back yet.
i hope your spring has been a good one for you so far. my spring has been filled with re-calibrating how this year is going to go.
because the first three months of this year? they've been a blur for me.
in january, i was a sillysauce and sprained my left ankle in an accident that is still too silly to talk about. to sum up: i tore all of the tendons in my left ankle. there were also some family things that hit hard in january and february.
so yes, i very much need a reset to create a different tenor for my year.
one such reset? i have purposely uninstalled my social media apps, turning them on only when I need them. the ethically unstable billionaires running these apps have made me:
and you definitely don't want me to talk about artificial intelligence. i'm still a bit too feral to talk about it. let's say swear words would be my only adjectives if i talked about ai right now.
in the meantime, i'm revising and writing and drawing. me, a human, with absolutely positively no ai. promise.
i have big goals for this year, including writing more, drawing more, and spending way less time on addictive algorithms.
i wish you much of the same (doing what you want to do with less algorithmic addiction and influence).
notes
notes
quick note no. 1 -- i have embraced the conscious act of writing in lowercase across my website (minus my longer blogs and book descriptions). reportedly, an all-lowercase message increases the reader's "level of calmness." in these...odd...times in the united states, we need more spaces that are the equivalent of a warm cup of tea and a buttered slice of toast. on this site, i want to be that tea and buttered toast.
quick note no. 2 -- quokkas are my favorite wild animal. so by using "quokkalokka," this is my way of saying you, too, are my favorite wild animal. (insert silly snort laugh here.)
would you like to join "the crone's coven"?
would you like to read one of my books before it's published? i would love your eyes and your thoughts! the turnaround would be two weeks, from the day I send it to you until the day I need your thoughts. if you think you would, fill out the form at the link below!
would you like to read one of my books before it's published? i would love your eyes and your thoughts! the turnaround would be two weeks, from the day I send it to you until the day I need your thoughts. if you think you would, fill out the form at the link below!
mistakes happen
did I put myself through my bachelor's degree with local, state, and national essay contests I started winning in fifth grade? yes.
did I put myself through my bachelor's degree with local, state, and national essay contests I started winning in fifth grade? yes.
is my masters in english? yes.
was I a columnist for the arizona republic? was i the editor in chief for a national health magazine? yes and yes.
is my masters in english? yes.
was I a columnist for the arizona republic? was i the editor in chief for a national health magazine? yes and yes.
am I human? happily, yes. gaffes and silliness happen. but as a traditionally published author, i know first hand that gaffes and silliness happen there, too.
am I human? happily, yes. gaffes and silliness happen. but as a traditionally published author, i know first hand that gaffes and silliness happen there, too.
which is why I have
the oopsy daisy report!
which is why I have
the oopsy daisy report!
if you report an oopsy to me that hasn't been oopsied to me yet, I'll send you a little thank you, from one human to another. 🧡
if you report an oopsy to me that hasn't been oopsied to me yet, I'll send you a little thank you, from one human to another. 🧡
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