I’d hoped to be over this awful exhausting tedious annoying illness, but there’s always tomorrow. I remain optimistic!
“Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life.”
― Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways’
Beneath the Stars
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, still sick, Thoughts on January 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Sick Day
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Thoughts, uuuuuugh on January 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Sick today, the annoying kind where your brain doesn’t work. At all.
I’ll be on the couch with a book.
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Have A Good Day!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, #FreeFiction, sff, Writers, writing on January 8, 2026| 2 Comments »
It’s a good day when I can promote a friend’s fiction, and today is a good day!
Here’s the latest flash fiction from the always terrific Arthur H. Manners in the excellent Nature: Futures (if you can’t see the full text, the easiest way to get access is to log in with a Google account):
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It’s funny because it’s (going to be) true;)
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Size of Life
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, bit of fun, it's all relative, life, nature on January 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Another entertaining project from Neal.fun:
(Although the image of a person next to that Titanoboa is more than a little scary. At least we could have taken that angry turkey Velociraptor!)
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Artist, Be Brave
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »
You don’t have to be miserable or suffer to create art; but you do have to be honest, and honesty is terrifying.
— Elizabeth Bear
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How to Improve
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, practice, Thoughts, writing on January 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »
It’s a new year and a new opportunity to take a breath, reassess, and target new (or old!) goals. That doesn’t mean you have to join a gym or swear off every. single. one. of your favorite guilty pleasures or anything like that. That approach tends not to be sustainable.
(You may remember that I don’t really do resolutions, but I do like to take advantage of the January “fresh start effect” to reset… and to forgive myself when things don’t always go to plan🙂
That said, January is a good time to remember what you like, what you’d like to do, and to do more to get there.
If you’ve been working but feel you’re not making as much progress as you want, this piece might be useful:
How to practice effectively…for just about anything
This video focuses on physical tasks, but writing and many other tasks are also mind-body processes. And the idea of focused, targeted repetition with a concrete result in mind?
That’s the kind of goal I can get behind.
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Work and Hope
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, inspiration, Thoughts on January 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work.”
― Beryl Markham
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Creative Work
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, Thoughts on January 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”
― Bertolt Brecht
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Nothing At All
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, writing on January 2, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”
― Deepak Chopra
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You’ve Got This
Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, encouragement, New Year, Thoughts on January 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Welcome to a new year. Past me thought I might need a little encouragement as we step into the unknown. Here’s the letter I wrote myself in case you do too:
Dear FutureMe,
You’ve got this.
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