Personal Musings Archives - SlipperyWords (J.D. Blackrose)

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Catching Petals Before the Storm

Catching Petals Before the Storm. I haven't done a Three Things post in a long time but something happened today that inspired me. Three Things We have an autistic young…

JDBlackrose April 29, 2025

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Building a Writing Habit

Building a Writing Habit I've written about building a writing habit before, but I've been thinking about this topic again because I need to create a presentation about this for…

JDBlackrose April 22, 2025

Personal Musings

Say NO to AI

Say NO to AI. Authors woke up the other day to a new surprise. Meta's platform, LibGen, stole god-knows-how-many proprietary books to train its AI. The dataset is 7.5 million…

JDBlackrose March 30, 2025

Personal Musings

5 Great Romantasy Books That Aren’t by Sarah J. Maas

Recently, I wrote a blog post for Shepherd.com about 5 Great Romantasy Books That Aren't by Sarah J. Maas. If you would like to read it, please visit here. Here's…

JDBlackrose July 24, 2024

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Three Things I Learned From My Kidney

I don’t know how long it’s been since I did a “Three Things” post. Some of them are on this blog, others only on Facebook, so it is hard to…

JDBlackrose March 12, 2021

Personal Musings

What is grief, if not love, persevering?

What is grief, if not love persevering? (Thank you Lucas Werneck @lukaswerneck for allowing me to use your gorgeous artwork) Some of the best writing out there today is happening…

JDBlackrose March 5, 2021

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A Zombie Cosmetologist’s Favorite Things

‘Tis the season, even in year “Holy Hell What Happened,” so it is time to think of gifts. I am a firm believer in pampering so add these to your…

JDBlackrose December 15, 2020

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Personal Musings Writing Advice

Getting Started Writing From Ground Negative One

During this past DragonCon I had the privilege of speaking with a number of writers who were just beginning their journeys. It was so interesting that I wanted to write…

JDBlackrose November 5, 2020

Personal Musings Three Things

3 Things I Have Learned During This Pandemic (and a freebie)

During this pandemic, I have learned 3 things. I shall now bestow my wisdom. People are stupid. This isn't a new revelation for me. This is obviously something I have…

JDBlackrose April 3, 2020

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Big Bird Gave Me A Feather

I shoved and pushed my way through the lines, twenty people deep, to find a square foot of space unoccupied by an excited fan. I was in the Walk of Fame at DragonCon, an annual…

JDBlackrose October 16, 2018