Eight days to go but 80% of the way there! I just crossed the 40K word count milestone. It has gotten . . . harder—the […]
Nonviolent Communication
I’ve been rabbit-holing on microlearning content for work a few times in the past week. How do you provide bite-sized pieces of information that people […]
Psychological Safety Rabbit Hole
My normal writing window tonight got taken up preparing for a training I’m giving tomorrow for our managers at work. I didn’t have to spend […]
Starry Saturday
I spy with my little eyeBeneath the clearest starry skyA shooting star, a space stationTwo planes, two satellites Sharing the smoothest wine,Caramel wrapping, and a […]
Historical Slang Dictionary
One random writing reference I encountered in my research about the 1950s . . . this slang dictionary website: https://www.alphadictionary.com/slang/ You can search for keywords […]
A Thought from James Clear
I subscribe to James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter that goes out every Thursday. He’s the author of Atomic Habits (a great book I first read in […]
New D&D Campaign
I got to play in our first full D&D session for a new campaign tonight, where I’m not the DM but a player. It was […]
Writing Badges
To no one’s surprise, I am heavily influenced by competition and gamification. NaNoWriMo’s dashboard gives you badges for different milestones and challenges. For example, today […]
NaNoWriMo: Weekly Search History
Thirteen days into NaNoWriMo. Here is an updated list of recent writing-related Google searches, all made in the last week. What a ride through my […]