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What Makes a Man?

Posted on June 1, 2018 by tessarnold2

Hey folks, time to talk a bit about Masculinity. (I know, I know. Why haven’t I finished the series on Argument yet? Well, too many reasons to go into here, but soon, my friends, soon…) So, I was driving for … Continue reading →

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Announcement Time!

Posted on May 24, 2018 by tessarnold2

Hey kids, I’ve passed the cut off date for literary agent responses. Safe enough to assume the remainders are rejections. And that means just one thing: Time to go it alone. SELF PUBLISHING! Truth is, it scares the hell out … Continue reading →

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Oh No, it’s Another One of Those, “When I was a Kid,” Posts…

Posted on May 3, 2018 by tessarnold2

Not a rant, I promise. But seriously, when I was young, there was always someone, at every gathering, who could play guitar, or harmonica, or beat a drum. And we would sit around, many of us in varying stages of … Continue reading →

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A Brief Interlude

Posted on April 8, 2018 by tessarnold2

Hi guys and gals, I had planned to post the second part of my Argumentation for the Incredibly Busy series, but life, as it does, got in the way. Nothing too serious, please don’t worry. The Wife and I had … Continue reading →

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Pieces, Puzzles, and …

Posted on March 29, 2018 by tessarnold2

It’s been a thing, my entire life; Not fitting. Which is difficult for a member of a species that bases much of its survival on the ability to stick together. (Yeah, we have imagination, and bipedalism going for us, but … Continue reading →

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Since You’ve Been Gone…

Posted on March 12, 2018 by tessarnold2

…Oh no, wait. That’s me. I’ve been gone. A while now. Lots of reasons, thanks for asking. Some of it was definitely depression. Seems I can’t ever get too far from that, not yet anyways. Some of it was a … Continue reading →

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It’s New Year’s Eve…

Posted on December 31, 2017 by tessarnold2

…And I hate being sick during the holidays. For a week now, I’ve felt like the crusty floor of a NYC taxi cab, sometime after the ball has already dropped. My sinuses feel like Mardi Gras after the beads ran … Continue reading →

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Bullying and Children…

Posted on December 12, 2017 by tessarnold2

Been a bit of news about bullying lately… Thought I’d weigh in. So, recently a video went viral of a kid here in Tennessee, making an emotional plea for people to stop bullying. If you’ve spent any time on Twitter … Continue reading →

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Not Dodging the Question

Posted on November 7, 2017 by tessarnold2

It’s NaNoWriMo, and I should be working on my novel project, but the mass shooting in Texas and the resulting responses to it have been occupying too much of my brain power. So, let’s talk about guns. No, not mental … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo 2017 update 

Posted on November 2, 2017 by tessarnold2

So, doing Nanowrimo this year. I’ll be updating here periodically. Right now, because progress is almost never linear, I stand at 1,000 words. I’m short of the word count so far, but I’m prone to writing for 5-8k word sessions, … Continue reading →

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