Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author.
Category Archives: Personal
In Need of a Word
Autumn is coming. Can you feel it? The temperature dropping is the most obvious sign, but there are others, if you’re looking as hard as I am. A steadily growing number of leaves waiting on my windshield every day. A … Continue reading
Where Do You Go When the Doubt Monsters Come?
I don’t know what it is lately, but I have been plagued by self-doubt. I’m a relatively confident person if you don’t count social interactions with like, humans and stuff. (Cats, though. Cats and I are like this. ><) When … Continue reading
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Make it Happen
My dad used to have an expression: “Make it happen.” He used it in many different scenarios, but the ones I can remember most vividly are pretty similar. I would want something desperately. Who knows what? To be chosen for … Continue reading
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Silence and Grief and Permission
Sometimes, silence is okay. I thought about that this weekend, when I considered not posting anything on the blog this week due to the Sandy Hook shootings on Friday. I thought maybe this would be a good week to go dark, … Continue reading
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Love, Closure, and What It Feels Like to Give Up
This blog post is referencing the whole mess that my brother and I have been swimming through with Passages Malibu and Blue Cross Blue Shield Anthem insurance for my dad’s alcohol rehab. I explain it all in this post. And … Continue reading