Author: Ari

I often question my sanity. Occasionally, it replies At the age of 8, Ari Meghlen wanted to be a pirate. Because who doesn't look great in baggy pantaloons and an eyepatch. However, lacking any access to a ship this dream was relegated along with so many others: Professional ninja, best friend to a dragon, Paleontologist. Yet Ari found that, in stories, she could be anything she wanted and so a great love affair started with the written word. Her first story was about a monster under the bed and she hasn't stopped writing since. She does occasionally find time to leave her writing cave and indulge in other hobbies such as drawing, blogging, making things, shooting arrows, watching movies, playing badly at cards. Let's get down to brass tacks... Ari write's mostly Preternatural Urban fantasy, more traditional fantasy and a some sci-fi. Meaning she spends almost no time in reality. Though she does visit on occasion.

December Goals 2019 | Monthly Goals

So as we enter the last month of 2019, I do a quick look back over November to see how I did.

It was bad.  All of November I had a low-level illness that didn’t fully grab me but just left me tired and weak the whole time.  That is until about 2 weeks ago when it finally turned into a full-on “I’m sick and I think I’m dying” illness.

Due to this, I barely looked at my goals list and just focused on getting well.  My partner was also sick, so we spent a lot of time looking after each other and just bundling up on the couch.

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A Writer’s Guide… to Carnivals and Circuses

Since I don’t have a guest post today, I thought I would put in one of the A Writer’s Guide articles I received since this series is going to be put on hold for a while, I wanted to share the last few I had.

This is part of the series of blog articles called “A Writer’s Guide…”. The purpose of this series is to give detailed information on skills and occupations that writers can use when creating characters.

Check out today’s article by author Jaq D Hawkins is on Carnivals and Circuses.

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How I Deep Schedule my Social Media

It’s not a secret that I’m not the biggest fan of social media, though I do appreciate its necessity these days.

I have also been lucky enough to meet some marvellous people through social media so I try and give it the attention it deserves.

However, since I’m a busy little bee most of the time, between bouts of SAD, I need to make sure I’m as efficient as possible and let’s be honest, social media can become a huge time suck!

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