Author Archives: Kat Folland

NaNoWriMo 2023

It’s Halloween and most people are thinking about costumes and candy, but I’m thinking about tomorrow. NaNoWriMo – or shortened even further to “NaNo”, or even “nano” if you’re lazy –  is short for National Novel Writing Month. It has … Continue reading

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Checking in! ~November 26, 2022

With a certain billionaire taking a sledgehammer to a certain popular social media platform, I’ve been moving my social media presence over to Mastodon. Mastodon is a little complicated at first, but I think it’s going to be well worth … Continue reading

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Whine Me

(Written in 2004) I think a lot of us have at one time or another asked, “Why me????” I have an answer of sorts. Well, a reply, in any case. You might not like it. But that’s okay with me, … Continue reading

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apostrophes

Originally written in 2003 Let’s face it: I know very little about grammar. Oh, I have a good grasp on the order in which words should go, but I don’t know much else. Year after year in school they taught … Continue reading

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reasonable and proportionate

Originally written in 2003 The phrase “reasonable and proportionate” has been on my mind a lot lately. Both in terms of mood and reaction. I think it is very important for me as a bipolar person. In a nutshell this … Continue reading

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Sentient Omnivores

Originally written in 2003 Human beings are sentient omnivores. This gives us certain rights and obligations with regard to other creatures. We eat just about anything. Our bodies are designed to have a certain balance of these things. Certain cultures … Continue reading

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Stop Signs

The thing is… You don’t really need to stop for a full three seconds… but you have got to stop. It takes no more than a second to verify that nobody is coming and it’s safe to proceed, and that’s … Continue reading

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General Writing Update (10/21/2021)

It takes only the briefest of scrolling to see that I haven’t made much use of this blog over the last……. six years. But my writing career – and I use that term very loosely – has chugged along without … Continue reading

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The Speed Limit

My mom always liked to say the speed limit is a limit not a goal. I disagree. Or, I should say, it’s more nuanced than that. By a lot. A lot a lot. But the basics don’t take long, so … Continue reading

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Fast Lane: Slower Traffic Keep Right

I used to have a driving blog called Fast Lane, but I had a database disaster and lost it all. It is being reborn here as a page within my writing blog. I originally got my immediate inspiration from the … Continue reading

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