by Brooklyn | 31 Dec, 2021 | Reflection
As a Teacher by trade, I have found that I often write the phrase “in a timely manner.” It has such meaning, doesn’t it? It’s so laden with expectations. It basically says “stick to the bloody timeline” or “where are your time...
by Brooklyn | 12 Nov, 2021 | Reflection
Publishing is a one-step-at-a-time process. It’s also a journey of a thousand steps, with a quicksteps, side shuffles, pirouettes and leaps scattered throughout! (Lately I’ve been imagining it much like the Charleston dance, though that might have more to...
by Brooklyn | 12 Oct, 2021 | Reflection
Apparently, I live a bit of a paradox regarding time. Whilst being notoriously bad at time management in my personal life, I am rather excellent at it in my working world. For example, I’m that habitual “I’ll be ready in 5 minutes” person (20...
by Brooklyn | 25 Aug, 2021 | Reflection
Writing for publication is a surprisingly complex process, as I have been learning. Back in the good old days, I honestly thought there were only four of five steps to becoming a published author. HOW WRONG I WAS…. After a buttload of research and a little bit...
by Brooklyn | 22 Aug, 2021 | Reflection
Writing a book isn’t just sitting down and pumping out a half decent story in one slog. (I wish!) As romantic as that notion is, it isn’t reality. Especially for an emerging author who has a full time job and a full time family. If I were gifted with the...
by Brooklyn | 19 Aug, 2021 | Reflection
Cutting her off at the knees, I snap the straw-like spine of her lithe body. Her feet are still planted in the ground, toes digging deep in a lasting act of defiance. Holding the thin torso, I swirl the massacred top half, head bowing delicately between my fingers....
