And the cold I'm currently doing battle with even more so. You know when you've been promised something (or an event has been placed before you as a highly probable outcome) and then it is unceremoniously retracted? Yanked from the realms of even vague possibility? Well, Germany (and I would go so far as to… Continue reading Oh, the weather outside is frightful…

Life is like a rollercoaster... a box of chocolates... a leaky kitchen sink... So many adages, so little time; and so much truth encompassed by them all. Suffice to say: life can be brilliant, and it can be quite crappy (I used the nicer word there, I'll have you know). The last time I posted… Continue reading 2.5 Weeks (not 3!) in Review

Just a short post to announce the release of my eBook on KDP (Amazon) today. The Assays of Ata began as a fun, not-too-serious project where I wrote a fantasy story episode by episode for consumption by my sisters. Fast-forward 5 months, and I've self-published (with the enthusiastic encouragment of the aforementioned siblings) with another… Continue reading Today’s the Day!

Illustration by Ylisha Vinluan at paint.poro To say I'm a night owl is putting it mildly... If staying up until the wee hours were a sport, I'd be an Olympic medalist. My most regular activity during Dracula's promenade time is reading (the 'just one more chapter' lie never ceases to spin its evil, alluring spell),… Continue reading Midnight Oil

Guten Tag! Mein Name ist Kara und ich möchte Deutsch lernen… But it’s going very slowly and, naturally, my usage is riddled with mistakes (so challenging for the immediate-gratification monkey on my back!). Over the past week, I’ve flown to Germany and have settled in at the language school that will be my ‘home, sweet… Continue reading Exciting developments

Being 5 days away from a big change in my personal circumstances and having two major work-related deadlines before then, one would think I can knuckle down and get stuff done. Oh, no, no, no, sweet summer child. With due dates looming and a flight halfway around the world waiting, I am twiddling my thumbs… Continue reading It’s the final countdown… ish

There's an expression: 'New year, new you!', which I both agree and disagree with (I am a notorious both-sider and fence-sitter in my family). In my case, it is true in that 2024 will see the achievement of something that I have wanted for a long time but never managed - the publication of my… Continue reading Putting the ‘pro’ in pro-crastination

You can probably tell from the title of this blog post that I’m a Millennial - we do so love our little verbing word quirks; thus, you can also surmise that the unelicited aches and pains of mid-life have commenced for me. To say I find the realization that groaning when one gets up in… Continue reading Adulting for Dummies