The Bedroom Diaries

It’s the Day After, Friends. And it is not a happy day.

I wished for a different outcome, for a brighter future. Alas, that did not come to pass.

Am I disappointed? Yes. Deeply.

Am I surprised? Not really. it’s hard to dismantle over 200 years of misogyny and racism in one go.

So we continue on and survive, thrive as much as we can and help those around me who need it. In the words of Nathan W. Pyle, I choose to be a Beacon of Joy.

We just need to have 𝙁𝘼𝙄𝙏𝙃 that we will see the end of this upcoming darkness, 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀 that something better is on the horizon, and spread as much 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 to others as we can.

But that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Today is a day to process and grieve. So I’m going to take time for me. Get a little pampered, buy some flowers, and eat my feelings.

#ThisWritersLife #FaithHopeLove #BeaconOfJoy #BeALight #FightOn #

Happy Election Day to those of us in the US. Not gonna lie, it’s been a rough go these last few months, and the past couple of weeks were nearly intolerable.

I don’t normally get political, but this year is different. This year can either move us forward towards a progressive future of compassion and equality, or move us backwards to a time of hatred and oppression. We are literally voting for our very lives and livelihoods.

My Historical Sisters fought, were tortured, and died for the right to vote and I refuse to let them down.

So this #ChildlessCatLady will #SeizeTheDay, honor the #SisterSuffregette from the past, #Vote like my life depends on it (because it does!), remain #NauseouslyOptimistic, and #RememberRemember the 5th of November was when we stood up and changed the world.

#ThisWritersLife #PoliticalPost #YourVoteIsYourVoice #ElectionDay #ElectionDay2024 #19thAmendment

Happy Monday, Friends!

It may not be Monday morning at thecoffeebean with my Orange County Writers, but I’ll take an afternoon writing sesh at sunrisecoffee with mizlizzyartista before our flight home tonight. Are t those cups so pretty?! 😍

Trying a bunch of things for this project. I’m combining the.plottery’s November Novella Chalenge and heartbreathings Rough Draft Challenge, and writing/tracking in novlrofficial to see if I can streamline my workflow. We’ll see how it goes. 🤞🏻

#ThisWritersLife #WriterOutAndAbout #WriterInTheWild #AmWriting #WriteOn #HaveLaptopWillWrite #RegencyWinter #RegencyRomance #LeoAndCharlotte #Novella #HistoricalRomance #RegencyRomance #WritingCommunity #WriterFriends #HBRDC #RoughDraftChallenge

Happy Friday, Friends!

I’m in Vegas on a 4-day Girls Trip with my longest-known friends. We haven’t all been together in 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴! But since our flight got in super early this morning (we landed before 8am! 😱), and no one else gets in town for several hours, so after breakfast and coffee we are now at a coffee shop, plugged in and getting words down.

I’m forgoing Nano this year (won’t tag them, iykyk ), but I am going to follow The Plottery’s 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 (check out their pinned post, it’s totally doable!).

So what are two writers to do when they have at least 4 hours before anyone gets here? Why write, of course! Found this great coffee shop with an attached restaurant/bar. And since I’m in Vegas and not driving, an espresso martini is definitely in order!

Shout out to the bar tender at Taverna Costera for excellent libations! ☕️🍸

#FunnyStory… @mizlizzyartista and I booked the same flight several days apart. Wouldn’t you know who my seat-mate was on the flight over? 😆

#ThisWritersLife #FridayFun #WriteDrunk #EspressoMartini #NovemberNovella #VegasBaby #WriterInTheWild #WriterOutAndAbout #Plotter #AmWriting #AmPlotting #EADeverell #Novlr