• Paradiso Challenge, Day 27

    Soundtrack in Paradiso This was originally supposed to be something like “compromises” or whatever, but I just couldn’t figure out anything to write on that topic. So I changed it. Because I can. I have a perpetually evolving YouTube playlist that I continue to use to get into that writing headspace, and it’s creeping up…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 26

    Saturday Snippet #4 And without further ado, my final Saturday Snippet. I’m really excited about this one and hope you love it as much as I loved writing it.

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 25

    Free Friday or share your hobbies Other than writing? Hm. Well, I like to go to the gym (lifting weights and training for a 5K), to hike, to watch movies/TV, to read, to paint … pretty much standard hobbies. They (plus my ridiculous animals) keep me busy outside of work, so I don’t tend to…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 24

    Paradiso aesthetic in gifs I was going to do a mood board of some kind but then I remembered that I have work in the evening and need to sleep, so … gifs it is!

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 23

    Would your character have their fortunes told? Although Ash doesn’t follow any particular kind of religion, he is fascinated by the idea of fate and a big universal plan created by some all-knowing something or other. So yes, he would definitely have – and has had – his fortune read. He is very similar to…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 22

    Character’s Pet Peeves Doreen Aberra is a high-powered managing editor of one of Paradiso’s major news outlets, known for her general good sense and objective approach to her work. She’s also very much a Type A personality, driven past what most people would consider sane. These traits tend to make her very particular about her…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 21

    How would your characters do in the last TV show/movie you watched? Okay, so … I just watched Revenge and yeah, if you haven’t seen it, well, let’s just say it’s brutal as fuck (don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore Coralie Fargeat’s vision and direction, but yeah, it can be triggering). I didn’t realize…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 20

    Which character has the worst luck? There is one character that I can think of that would be the best person for this question … however, if I were to answer it that way, I would give away a huge plot twist that I feel would ruin things, so I’m going to go with another…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 19

    Saturday Snippet #3 You’d think that this would be getting easier and easier to do, but it’s not. Sigh. Oh, well. Maybe it will at some point? This snippet is actually a deleted piece that I did that I’d like to incorporate at some point just because I like the interactions between the characters and…

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  • Paradiso Challenge, Day 18

    Free Friday or last, current, and next reads This year, I gave myself a goal of reading twelve books because I had a miserable record the year before. Like … it’s embarrassing, especially for someone who used to read multiple books in a month. When I was in nursing school, I didn’t really have the…

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