I am terrible about writing blog posts. Maybe that can be something to focus on in 2026 (she says, as if she hasn’t said that for the previous two years). Anyhoo… what did we accomplish in 2025?   In the wake of the downfall of NaNoWriMo, the head of my local writers group started something called The Write Brave Challenge: thirty days of focusing on your personal writing goal – whatever that might be. Some people set a word count goal, others a set an amount of time or numbe

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My evening run was a bust. I was getting soaked but wasn’t surprised. I had seen the storm clouds looming, felt the wind freshening....