Using cancer as a plot device is a lazy crutch I haven’t written anything for awhile. In early May 2023, I got a little distracted
Author: marantha
Remember Reading Rainbow? Of course we learn from books for school, class, business, and personal enrichment. But I am not talking about textbook learning. At
Looking Forward to Winter Solstice is Giving Me Life This has been a long, tough year. Our lives have been upended by this pandemic. It
A Perilous Presidential Debate Comedy I knew it was going to be a tough evening. I had already started getting nervous for the debate by
*Yes, this post is about our ridiculously broken health care “system” **No, this post has nothing to do with COVID-19 or Coronavirus. On with the
Y’all. The last week+ has been real. It’s both scary and difficult, but also deeply uplifting to see so many people angry and uprising against
Unemployment as Freedom…? You know the saying, when one door closes another opens. This is assuming that you have some savings or a partner who
Subtitle: Keeping Your Sh!t Together When the World is Falling Apart I’ve been thinking about how it seems like the pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders
By MaranthaB My new writing blog has turned into a “WTF log.” A sort of digital diary of what is going on in my head
How to write when fact is stranger than fiction. I’ve seen chatter on the writers’ forums that some people want to embrace the times by