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Swerve, Adapt, Continue
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” Uh huh. How often does this happen to you? It feels like it happens on a...

Christine Shuck
Jun 20, 20213 min read


Dealing With Imposter Syndrome
I'm baaack! Did you miss me? Let me tell you, I definitely missed me. Even if me was right here the whole time. I missed...writing. I...

Christine Shuck
Jun 3, 20215 min read


Eight Years in the Northeast
Most of the time, we are so wrapped up in looking forward, that we forget to look back. And while G581: Earth is on hold until our big...

Christine Shuck
May 3, 20214 min read


Spring and All of Those Spinning Plates
Fairly Fair Weather For years, I wrote in a blog called The Deadly Nightshade. Don't bother looking for it, it no longer exists thanks to...

Christine Shuck
Mar 23, 20214 min read


94% Done With Smoke and Steel
Progress, Despite Myself Ah cha cha cha! I finished the chapter Rabbit Hole today and added the very last paragraphs to Where You Go, I...

Christine Shuck
Feb 19, 20213 min read


Eat Soup, Stay Inside
Baby, it's cold out. Damn cold. If you are somewhere warm, well, move along because this post is all about freezing cold temps and...

Christine Shuck
Feb 13, 20212 min read


Sharpening My Focus
I've written 2,206 words so far today in my current book project, Smoke and Steel. I hope to push it up to 2,500 words for the day, but...

Christine Shuck
Jan 21, 20214 min read


Losses, Gains, and Year to Come
She's Still Here...For Now Fostering children is not an easy task. Early on, when we were still starry-eyed at the prospect, my husband...

Christine Shuck
Jan 17, 20217 min read


Moving on With Hopes and Dreams
Wowza, has 2020 been a year or what? The highs and lows have been excruciating at times and so much has happened. I would like to take a...

Christine Shuck
Dec 28, 202011 min read


Ouch!
Cue the hurt back, laid up in bed memes. In an attempt to add another spinning plate to my daily regimen - that of an hour of walking on...

Christine Shuck
Dec 16, 20202 min read


Running Down Those Goals
First Things First My newest book is out! A couple of months ago, I was feeling rather down in the dumps because I hadn't finished a book...

Christine Shuck
Dec 2, 20204 min read


Git 'Er Done, Girl...
Bringing it Wide I'm working on getting a few "to do's" done and man, are they a time suck! IngramSpark for Hardcovers IngramSpark, from...

Christine Shuck
Nov 9, 20205 min read


How the Artist's Way Led Me to Buy a Pool Table
She Dreams of Shooting Pool Life is weird. No really, it's super-weird. I started out the day much like any other day and somehow, at the...

Christine Shuck
Oct 29, 20205 min read


3 a.m. - The World is Quiet, My Mind However...
Holy Toledo, folks! I started writing this and then was distracted by the newsflash that COVID has struck the White House. This is really...

Christine Shuck
Oct 2, 20205 min read


Trucking Right Along
Lordy, but do our lives seem to change and warp and become something new with each week that passes! School Has Begun My teen's charter...

Christine Shuck
Aug 14, 20205 min read


Dreams and Reality
This past Tuesday morning, I woke up from a dream that I was pregnant. I remember that I said in the dream, "Look, this isn't possible....

Christine Shuck
Jul 28, 20205 min read


Hard Left
Did you hear the screeching of brakes? Possibly the squealing of tires? Well if you did, you either live in Historic Northeast where such...

Christine Shuck
Jul 10, 20202 min read


Different Brains
Urf. That about sums up the past week. With the news that our tenants were moving out and buying their own home, my plans for writing...

Christine Shuck
Jul 10, 20202 min read


May I Suggest Ice Cream For Your Troubles?!
I've begun work on G581: Earth and yesterday was miserable for two reasons... The lack of an outline (done and fixed now, thank you) The...

Christine Shuck
Jun 30, 20202 min read


The Nitty-Gritty
This week I begin work on G581: Earth, the third in the sci-fi series begun with G581: The Departure. I haven't worked out all of the...

Christine Shuck
Jun 29, 20204 min read
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