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The hardest part about going away for a few days is trying to get back into my routine after I get home. Even just four days of being away and out of my regular routine has me totally screwed up. I’m tired, out of practice, and in some ways, less motivated than normal. It would seem to make sense that a small vacation would give me more energy and motivation, but that’s just not the case. Once you get into your routine, it’s habit. It’s easier to follow it. It’s more automatic. But when you break it, suddenly the routine…

actI saw this pic yesterday of Kim Kardashian with a Sugar Factory Lolli and it made me smile! I may not look like Kim, but I have my own Sugar Factory Couture lollipop. It’s basically just a rhinestone-encrusted stick that has a giant yummy lollipop that screws into it. Once you’re done with the sucker part, you unscrew it from the stick, throw it out, and put another one in. The one I bought is pink, and I love it! If you’re wondering how much these things costs, I’ll tell you what I paid in Las Vegas. (I think Kim…

It’s the bane of my writing existence, really. Naming things and people. You would think it would be easy since pretty much anything goes…but no. It’s not easy for me. I know I can just make things up, but there’s always this nagging voice in the back of my mind saying, “If this book takes off, do you really think that’s the best name for this character?” Okay, so that’s probably a huge part of my problem – always worrying about what other people will think of my choices if and when I ever publish a novel. I guess understanding…

For the past couple of days, I’ve had some ugly back pains. Pretty much to the point where it’s difficult to sit down at my computer to type for more than thirty minute segments. Yesterday, I spent most of the day in bed with a heating pad, reading “Under the Dome” on my eReader. Since I’ve also had a bad cold, I decided to take a couple Benadryl and get a good night’s sleep. Man, that shit will knock you out. I slept through the night, no problem. Which is nice, since I didn’t sleep at all the night before….

It sometimes amazes me how fast time flies as we get older. When I was in third grade, for example, it seemed like a week was a really long unit of time (especially on weeks where something excited was going on that weekend and I had to wait seemingly forever for it to get here). Summers were an eternity. But now, only 8 days away from my 33rd birthday, time is flying by. I was just getting used to 32! And, by the way, what the hell happened to my twenties?!? :p There is so much I want to accomplish…

When you hear writers in the movies talking about having ‘writer’s block’, they make it sound like some mystical thing they have no control over. I don’t know that I really believe in ‘writer’s block’, exactly. But something is going on with me over the past few days, and I don’t like it! I wouldn’t go so far as to say I am blocked, but stopped up or something? Maybe. I was excited about starting over and getting to work on a new format for my novel, but when I sit down to write, nothing comes out. I have barely…