2024 and/or the universe is continuing its quest to be a major pain in my ass (and other parts of my body…details to follow, so consider yourselves warned) in the most annoying ways. It gave me a teeny tiny bit of sense of accomplishment last month…and then this month gave me sand fleas. And now…
Author: M.J. Fifield
Progress Report & a Book Release (Not mine…)
Holy smokes, y’all. When did April get here? But even more surprising than the fact that it’s now somehow April is the very real truth that I…*checks notes* actually have some progress to report on the writing front? See, if this were April 1st, you’d all be, “Nice try, MJ, but we know better than…
Acadia In Winter
This past month, I went home to Maine for a week. While there, I paid a visit to Acadia National Park. I love Acadia, and I go every chance I get. Seriously, if I’m within a three-hour drive of the place, I will find a way to get out there for at least a quick…
Slow Start
January was a really long month. Like…epically long. Like, a Tolstoy novel kind of long. I don’t think that’s unusual, exactly. I think January, for whatever reason, tends to feel like an overlong month. Maybe it’s a holiday hangover thing. I don’t know. But this January felt exceptionally long. So much so that when the…
Treading Water
Today, I’m going to talk about my goals for the new year. I don’t think I did one of these posts last year. Last year was…I don’t know what last year was, exactly. An exercise in treading water, I guess. Whenever I think of treading water, I always end up thinking about that one episode…