by just-cassie | Sep 29, 2016 | challenges, lessons, Uncategorized
My friend (and valued member of my crit group) Richard Parry has some thoughts on his blog about the state of things. About the way people interact, about the negative feedback loops we sometimes get caught up in (go read it now, then come back. I’ll wait). Some...
by just-cassie | Apr 11, 2016 | April, challenges, lessons, monday check in, Uncategorized
For years I have been running on deadlines, on sleepless nights (child and study induced), on jam-packing my whole life with ALL. THE. THINGS. I studied, I wrote, I raised kids and played the perfect housewife. I raced everywhere, mostly against the clock, and against...
by just-cassie | Dec 26, 2015 | becoming, books, Burn, challenges, change, editing, etherhart press, Fantasy, Goodreads, new zealand independent book festival, NZIBF, Sun-Touched, The Way the Sky Curves, Uncategorized
2015 has been a massive year of ups and downs for me – mostly downs, but I think that’s changing. Despite that, I think I did pretty well with my goals for the year. While I haven’t yet reached my ‘books read’ goal for the year, I’m...
by just-cassie | Oct 6, 2015 | challenges, life, new zealand independent book festival
Well, I am home from a crazy busy weekend and functioning a lot better than I imagined I would be! I learned so much, met so many amazing people – new, and previously known only online – sold some books, hung out with some of my besties, and had a...
by just-cassie | Apr 3, 2015 | A-Z challenge, books, challenges, in the spirit, Kotahi Bay
Constance is one of the few characters in my Kotahi Bay series whose first introduction is after death. It is, after all, the result of her passing that means Alyssa ends up back in Kotahi Bay, with a haunted house. She is an older woman, a grandmother, and considered...
