...or why it takes me so long to finish a story. Yup, I am coming out. I have ADD, and with my problem, I have great days, good days, and days where nothing gets done. I am not medicated. How does ADD affect a writer? You have noticed by now there are a LOT of… Continue reading Me, Creativity, and My ADD…
Author: Anissa "Maddy" Walker
Let’s Talk About My Hero Academia
I know. I am behind the eight-ball on this one. It's easy to be behind when you have a lot going on. We, my husband and I, are catching up on all the recommended anime. So, I am doing something different with this one. I am going to be talking about the stand-outs of the… Continue reading Let’s Talk About My Hero Academia
My Take: The Dragon Prince
...Or "Hey, U.S. animation Studios, can we have more of this, PLEASE?" Sorry for not posting the past couple of days. My husband came home from the road, and he hasn't been home for a couple of weeks. So, I dropped off the face of the earth for a bit. At the time I found… Continue reading My Take: The Dragon Prince
Paranormal Preservation Society
...Or Chronicles of a Teenage Werewolf png from pixabay Remember a long, long, time ago in a galaxy far... Wait, wrong story. Remember back on Challenge Day: 6 when I took a writing prompt from a tweet to a rough story fragment? Well, I am expanding that a bit. My brain decided it was time… Continue reading Paranormal Preservation Society
The Crafty, the Artsy, and the Uninformed…
For those of you that haven't been with me through my many blogs, I am a crafts-person. I make jewelry, or will when I get another workshop, practice calligraphy, write, and dabble with drawing and paper crafts. I used to sell what I made before it was all stolen. (No, I didn't have insurance. Painful… Continue reading The Crafty, the Artsy, and the Uninformed…
A Trucker’s Wife
The man in the picture is my husband. He works 70 hours a week delivering goods to warehouses that supply your stores with everything from the necessary to the frivolous. He's a truck driver. It isn't a glamorous life by any means, but he loves to drive, and when I get the chance, I love… Continue reading A Trucker’s Wife
Hello, Depression…
Hello, Depression, my old friend,Just when I thought I'd never see you again. I wake up in the morning with a sense of dread,An all-too-familiar black cloud over my head. The start of the year was rocky at best,But we were getting through it, a worthy quest. I was happy. I was excited. I was… Continue reading Hello, Depression…
Call-out Vs Cancelling
...or how to hold them accountable without running them off the internet. I have been doing a lot of thinking lately. Shocking, I know, but hang in there. There has been a rash of "cancel culture" for the past year or so. Instead of cancelling people, can't we just hold them accountable instead? Everyone makes… Continue reading Call-out Vs Cancelling
I can wait.
There has been many conversations about the state of media. I am eluding to television shows and movies mainly. Okay, I am talking about movie franchises. I can wait. What do I mean about this? Have you seen the movies slated to premiere over the next couple of years. Looking backwards at the movies over… Continue reading I can wait.
Cliques: Not Just for High School
Let's talk about something I have been seeing for a while online. I have been on social media, blogging, and on YouTube for a while, and there are patterns forming on the platforms I use that remind me of high school. Come with me down a rabbit hole. Image from: https://www.insperity.com/blog/cliques-at-work/ You get on the… Continue reading Cliques: Not Just for High School