roadblocks

  • While I can’t really complain too much, 2017 so far has not at all turned out the way I had envision when I set my goals and began to pursue them in January. And that’s okay. Having goals and deadlines and sticking with them is important and whatnot, but it’s also important to be flexible…

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  • Winsome, Losesome.

    Some of you who are friends with me on Facebook may have noticed a post from me the other day despairing about the state of my laptop. Unfortunately, not much has changed on that front; I still have a busted, nonfunctioning piece of machinery that is doing me absolutely no good right now. Which has…

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  • Dat Unexpected Hiatus.

    Some of you may have noticed things being a little quiet on the L.S. Engler front. Some of you might not have noticed anything at all. Either way, there’s a very good (and somewhat tragic) reason for this sudden absence. While the water I spilled on my Chromebook did not have any negative effects on…

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  • Almost Quitting.

    Today, a terrible thing almost happened. I almost quit NaNoWriMo. With only a week left to go, that’s a pretty extreme decision, and the fact that there’s only one more week left to go is one of the many reasons I decided to keep going. You see, November is a very crazy month for me.…

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  • Content in your Pockets.

    Every so often, a thought hits me and it inspires a mild panic in me, and a great desire to have more time to do what I truly love (which is writing, duh). Ever since I pooled together all my short stories of the past decade and put them together to publish Bowlful of Bunnies,…

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  • The Looming Deadline.

    This is it. The last stretch. Crunch time. Petal to the metal. Tomorrow marks the end of Round 2 of A Round of Words in 80 Days, which you’re either probably sick of me talking about or have been awesome in encouraging me to make it through my measly little goal of finishing a damn…

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  • It started with the sink. The sink was clogging, no matter how much drain cleaner or drain snake products we seemed to use. This was connected to the fact that our washing machine was not working; apparently, they’re both connected. Then came the flooding. Our area received a great deal of rainfall in a short…

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