When I was little, I was dressed partly based on what my parents thought would be "cute" and economical, and partly based on whatever my sister (five years older) and my cousins (up to a dozen years older) handed down. I...

No, not new way of thinking, a new way of eating. My weight background: Since I was young, I've struggled with my weight. How many weight-related stories start out like this? lol Anyways, it got really bad around a rou...

a short run from the porch where i was waiting to the van. The bitter cold snapped at me. I climbed into the van greeted by the sounds of christmas music. It must be one of those days. I closed the door and buckled up as...

Let’s start out with the definition because I love definitions. You can never know too many words. lore [lawr, lohr] –noun1. the body of knowledge, esp. of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular s...

don't panic, you're just going to go to bed, to rest a little, to take a nap ... no? well, at least you tried. dear brain of mine. you're working all day long. you have to coordinate what i say and talk, were i go an...

Japanese RPGs get a bad rap for resorting the same tired archetypes and conventions. This extends to more than just story, as many find the gameplay in JRPGs formulaic and uninventive. A post we featured previously had s...

Everyone has a story of their first love and of heartbreak. I think I'm finally ready to share mine. This isn't the whole thing, two years cannot be shrunk into something like this. This is less a story of the "love" and...

Words written: 1,842 Total word count: 27,973/50,000 On Sunday I passed the halfway point of my book. I cheered when my word count hit 25,000 words, but it didn't last for long because I knew there was a lot more to com...