Pep Talk for Disillusioned Writers

This is my entry in the writing contest, You Are Enough, hosted by Positive Writer. Dear Writers, Writing is hard, but we do it anyway. Alone, conflicted, hesitant, we write, wondering if our words matter. This is what we’re made to do. The pay sucks, if we’re lucky enough to get paid at all for…

More Drabble, Less Babble

Reflections on My First Month of Blogging Hooray! My blog baby, Popcorn and Pigtails (Poppy Pig? Piggy Pop?), is one month old! Awww, she’s so cute and tiny and clueless, but sometimes she smiles at me, and I swear it isn’t gas. I am thrilled to have this itty-bitty space—a little room of my own…