Music Tells My Stories

Good morning, my Lovelies! Happy Thursday! I hope the sun is shining in your corner of the world and that you are having an amazing week! My week, as usual, feels like it has been hectic and a little overwhelming. But, somehow, someway, I will survive. Please picture me with the back of my hand gently pressed to my forehead with a look of longing crossing my face as I stare off into the distance. I call this my Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara pose. After all, tomorrow is another day... I have a confession to make. I have nightmares. I have nightmares often and sometimes I remember them, sometimes I don't. But each and every time I do have them, one thing always happens, I moan and/or scream loudly with them. My family has become accustomed to hearing these horrendous sounds coming from me in the middle of the night, sometimes even twice a night, and rarely think anything of it. But it is always a concern to me whenever I'm on trips with others, or when visiting family. ...

Good evening, my Lovelies! Please forgive me, faithful followers, for it has been more than a week since I have imparted my wisdom, insight, and bullshit for your perusal. Work has been crazy and I have, quite simply, been too tired to think. So, how ya doin'? Y'all alright? I never know as, even though my blog is wide-read, not a damn one of y'all actually message me! (And I would love to hear from you!) My anxiety just about got the better of me this week. Some of it was work-related, but some of it was personal. I don't know why I get anxious about my job sometimes. I mean, not to brag, but for the most part, I'm damn good at it. (I still hate it 90% of the time, but...) So, what was it on the personal front that was making me anxious? I had to go to a wedding today. What's the big deal, right? Well, I really don't know the bride and groom. In fact, I've only met the groom once and had never laid eyes on the bride until this evening. These are people ...

Good morning, my Lovelies! Well, it is Saturday and that means that I'm late getting out my blog. I hope things are well in your little corner of the world and that you've found a reason to smile this week.  So, I did something this week that was very out of my comfort zone. This week I put up a couple of videos that actually had me in them. I don't mind putting up the occasional, well-thought-out, very posed picture of myself. It is doable and I can get past my insecurities to not only do it, but to post it. But being on video makes me very uncomfortable.  Somehow, I worked through the fear, the self-doubt, and the dislike that I feel when I look at myself and did it. I'm proud of myself for doing it, but I'm still a little freaked out that I took that step. I'm sure you're asking, "Why do it if it makes you so uncomfortable?" Here's my answer: I have to. I've been on social media for a long time now and the growing trend for authors that ...

Good morning, my Lovelies! Wow! This week has absolutely flown by in some ways and in others, it has dragged on and on. I apologize, but I hadn't even given my blog a thought until this morning.  There's just been so much going on! Between work, and writing, and kids, and husband, and a sick cat, I've been going non-stop! And that's just the stuff local to me! We won't even touch on stuff globally! (Although, I do want to take a moment to say that my heart is breaking for the people of Ukraine right now and you all have my support!) So, somewhere along the way this week, in the chaos of thoughts that I'm bombarded with daily (blessing or curse?), I had an odd musing. Is it just me, or does it seem like men and women are part of a cruel joke when we're talking about sex drive? Ok, hear me out. Most men hit their sexual peak in their late teens/20's, right? And women, don't normally hit their peak until late 30's/40's, right? So many men in rel...

Good morning, my Lovelies! It's Thursday and though it is a bit chilly here, the sun is shining and it is absolutely beautiful out there! And even though I've been off my game over the past couple of weeks, I feel better this morning and am in a much better mood. (Lucky you!) I hope all is well where you are and that you have been having an amazing week! It has come to my attention recently that I have some friends and acquaintances, people that know me fairly well, who might normally read books in the genre that I write, who are a little...apprehensive about giving my books a try. Why? It seems that they can't or have trouble separating the "me" they know from the persona that I take on when I write.   I guess the fact that I write so openly and so descriptively about sex is just weird for them on some level. In one way I can see that, but in another, I can't. Talking so openly about sex is nothing new for me and those that have been friends with me for a lon...

Good morning, my Lovelies! It's Friday morning and I am away on my much-needed Author's Weekend! My week up until yesterday was...well, shame on me. I started to tell you all that it was alright, a little long as I was looking forward to getting away, but alright. Then I realized that would be lying to you and I told you I wouldn't do that.  There have been some hurtful things this week, some frustrating things this week, but I'm trying my hardest to move on and let things go. You see, Valentine's Day has never been all that great for me. Maybe I make too much of it, but it bothers me that although I know my husband loves me deeply, he doesn't make effort to honor that with any kind of gift - not even a card. (Well, a card MIGHT happen if for some unknown reason he were to find himself in a store around that time of year.) I truly can't remember the last time I got a Valentine's Day card from him. So, every year, while chocolate, flowers, and candy are b...

Good morning, my Lovelies! Let me just start this blog by telling you that this has not been the best of weeks for me. I'm trying to be positive, but the past few days have been hard for me. How about you? Things alright in your corner of the world? I hope so and I hope that even if you've been having a hard week, you've found a reason to smile. Have you ever slept through the night but awakened more exhausted than when you went to bed? Well, that has been me this week. More specifically, Monday night. I had unusual and upsetting dreams, and it seemed as if they were constant throughout the night. Basically, I woke up feeling as if I'd run a damn marathon. I'm mentally and physically exhausted, and here it is several days later and I can't seem to shake it. So what were the dreams? Well, I know I've told you all before of my friend who passed a few years ago, but I've never shared anything about another friend of mine who died a little over 20 years ago....

Good morning, my Lovelies! Thursday has come and gone and I'm just now sitting down to write out this week's blog. I'm sorry I'm late, but as I've said time and again, shit happens. Ok, here's that check-in with all of you. How are ya? Have you had a good week? Have you smiled? Have you done something that made someone smile? I sure hope so! I have good news to share! I've finally been transferred back to the city that I live in. That means no more long commutes for me. That means a return (somewhat) of my sanity. But most of all, it means that I get a return of some of that time that I wasted driving for over two hours each and every day for the past year and a half.  So maybe my time wasn't completely wasted. I mean, I was doing important work (mostly), and I did use that time for deep thought and introspection, planning my blogs, working through problems, and thinking of book plots. But even though I was doing all of that it still feels like it was ti...

Good afternoon, my Lovelies! Thursday has arrived and I’m here to share some of my craziness with you. I hope the crazy in your part of the world has been at an acceptable level and that you’ve found a reason to smile this week! I told you all from the very beginning of this blog that I was going to be 100% authentic with you and not hide anything. I’ve had moments of complete chaos that I’ve shared, and I’ve shared my worst episodes of depression. I’ve shared my happy thoughts, my frustrated thoughts. I’ve told you about things I love, hate, need, and want. I’ve told you stories of times with friends and family and shared pieces of my soul. I’ve laughed and I’ve cried, and I’ve been more at peace with who I am as a person, more at peace with my life. Each week I give you a little part of myself and I have had so many people reach out to me and tell me how much they enjoy the fact that I’m honest about what’s going on in my life, in my head, and in my heart. It isn’t always easy,...

Greetings, my Lovelies! I want to open this blog being upbeat and positive and giving you all good vibes for your day, but I'm seriously in a pisser of a mood today. I'm extremely bitchy and I'm going to try my hardest not to let my bad vibes bleed through to you, but if I do, forgive me.  So, how's life? I hope it's going great! I do have a question for you and I sincerely hope that you all will give me some feedback because I'm very, very interested. Ok, here we go... Who's on your Hall Pass list? Now, I'm assuming that you all know what a Hall Pass list is, but just for clarification purposes - Who's on your list of celebrities that, should the opportunity arise (haha), should the conditions be right, would you have sex with - no remorse/no consequences? Do you even have a Hall Pass list? Now, I know some people only have five people on their list. I, however, have to have ten slots available. There are just so many to choose from! (Or, maybe I ju...