A Blank Page

If you could be a blank page or could start your story afresh, what would you write about yourself? How would you begin? With a: Once Upon a Time... or One dark and stormy night... or perhaps even an In a galaxy far, far away... What would you choose? What would your opening line be? …

To trigger or not to trigger…

** This post discusses difficult subject matter! ** Literary Lovelies, I've been debating whether or not to actually post this. I have gone back and forth between scheduling it and unscheduling it. But I think I am just going to pull the metaphorical trigger. (Trigger pun very much intended.) So here we go... Are there …

September Self-Love Sunday

Hello, again dear Readers, I hope this post finds you well and enjoying what this time of year has to offer. In all honesty (a small blog name pun), I have been struggling. There were a blissful few days where I thought things were normalizing or I was getting used to the changes happening around …

Writing not being prompted Wednesday

Ugh, dear Readers! I am not sure what is happening to me with my inability to write anything from prompt to "decent" blog post to anything really. I find myself in a September creative rut. Therefore I decided to write an observational story about my inability to write a successful Writing Prompt Wednesday.   She …

Genres we lean on

Hello Literary Lovelies, How is September treating you? Today I wanted to discuss genres from those we love above all else to those we turn to in moments of reading slumps. Is there a genre which will always receive the gold medal in your hearts' dearest readers? I have always loved mystery and suspense from …

A Few of my Favourites – Authors Edition

Dear Readers, It is becoming a pattern I am afraid, where I find the strength or some creative energy finds me and I write a lovely post only to disappear again. Where do I go? Mostly to become a vegetable in my room binge watching some tv series (currently Midsomer Murders - let's not get …

I just realized I missed a…

... Self Love Sunday for May. I can't really say I am all that surprised as May has been a bit of a difficult month for me. (Haven't they all? You ask. My reply: as of 2019, yes.) Even though I strive to be as honest as I can on my blog (it's why "honestly" …

Before the month is out let’s try another Self-Love Sunday

So what do you do when you are feeling more at the bottom of your emotional well than usual dear readers? I have my usual tricks: my favourite movies, my favourite books (even if it is just reading my favourite passages - I'm looking at you Captain Wentworth's letter from Persuasion), and talking things out …

Where have I gone?

An excellent question Dear Readers, One I am asking on your behalf (haha) in the wake of not having posted in quite some time. Let's catch up on what we have and have not been doing as of late. I have not been writing... anything. (Not even a couple of sentences in a writing prompt!) …

Self-Love Sundays

Dear Readers, we meet again! How long has it been since we last communicated? TOO LONG! That's how long. I am coming to you this Sunday with a once-a-month Sunday plan to share a little self-love with ourselves. Not the usual conceptual self-love pampering but one with an Honestly Austen twist, let's write something about …