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Published by Kai on October 4, 2023

Or ask me why I guess. I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to tread water. If I’m honest, since around April, and the AtoZ challenge, with a very few exceptions, writing has been like pulling teeth.Part of it has been my health problems, which have been ongoing for more than a year. What I didn’t know was if your B12 and foliate drop to a certain level, you slowly stop being able to do complex cognitive stuff (keep on top of your blood tests, kids!), which meant what I took for apathy was probably my B12 going through the…

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H is for Horror

H is for Horror

Published by Kai on April 10, 2023

This entry is part 12 of 22 in the series AtoZ 2023 - The AtoZ of Me

One of the few things I think people are really surprised about is, even though I am quite twitchy and jumpy about other stuff, one of the few things I really love is horror.I write Horror (as Sabrann Curach, for the flat-out horror stuff at least, though a lot of my books have some sort of dystopian or otherwise ‘horror’ ish element, apparently), I read horror (favourite authors? Shaun Allan, Stephen King, Dean R Koontz, Adam Baker to name a few). One of the few things I think people are really surprised about is, even though I am quite twitchy…

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D is for ‘dont call me that’ – aka Donna #Mondayblogs

D is for ‘dont call me that’ – aka Donna #Mondayblogs

Published by Kai on April 5, 2023

This entry is part 7 of 22 in the series AtoZ 2023 - The AtoZ of Me

I’m going to get right to the point with this post. My birth name isn’t Kai. Or Kaiberie. My birth name is Donna. A name I don’t relate to I personally believe that our name is one of the things that define us. And while I know the definition of Donna is ‘lady’ in Italian, I’ve never felt particularly ladylike. I am, in fact, the biggest tomboy moving. I’m actually quite proud of that fact, and don’t avoid hobbies just because ‘that’s not for girls’ (it comes up less now, but it was quite common, even in the gaming community…

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A for all that – an evolving list of my post

A for all that – an evolving list of my post

Published by Kai on April 1, 2023

This entry is part 2 of 22 in the series AtoZ 2023 - The AtoZ of Me

While this isn’t a long post, I thought I’d start off by sharing an evolving post of my AtoZ posts. I’ll update them as they’re available, so that they’re available here, in a cool (I hope) little list. The theme of this year is the “AtoZ of me”. I’m hoping I get to share the various bits and pieces that make me…well, me. So, there might be more than one post for the day.Upcoming though, and what I can tell you will be here is ‘B for books’, ‘L for Ludosport’ and ‘R for Research’ (also ‘R for RPG’). April…

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Rebooting… #Mondayblogs #rungirlrun

Rebooting… #Mondayblogs #rungirlrun

Published by Kai on September 12, 2022

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I kinda feel like I’m watching a flashing cursor sometimes right now. As I said in my last post though, Tempus is talking about giving me space to do something to make me happy. And honestly? it’s been a bit of a shock. And a bit of a weird thing to start organizing. And it’s a LOT like starting at a blinking cursor. A blank document.But it’s full of hope, if I’m honest. Blank is scary, but blank also means endless – or nearly endless – possibilities. First tentative steps I’m not stepping…

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F is for Fantasy #atozchallenge

F is for Fantasy #atozchallenge

Published by Kai on April 7, 2022

This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Blogging From AtoZ 2022

Fantasy has a special place in my heart – I’ve always read it. My first full length book that I read as a child was The Hobbit (or it might have been ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’), but, until recently, my fantasy writing mostly was ‘actual play’ or other stuff like that.Today, I’m kicking off a new free reader magnet. Those of you that have been around me a while might recognise Shula, Adana and Tavar/Taern. If you don’t, I’ll love to introduce you to them, and what better way than a reader magnet? The Firemaids’ Temple When…

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D is for Dancing in the Rain #atoz2022

D is for Dancing in the Rain #atoz2022

Published by Kai on April 5, 2022

This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Blogging From AtoZ 2022

I’ve spent the last year trying to think about how to explain the basic changes I’ve gone through in the last two years. And one of the major things that I’ve been thinking about is gratitude, and ‘dancing in the rain’. What is dancing in the rain? For me, it’s a core concept to living with what I do. It’s accepting that I’m not always going to be happy, that the skies aren’t always going to be ‘clear’ but even if they aren’t, I can go outside and ‘dance in the rain’. It’s a gratitute attitude, I guess. Dancing in…

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Catching up

Published by Kai on April 2, 2022

This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Blogging From AtoZ 2022

A- D for the Blogging AtoZ challenge will be up in the next 24 hours or so, and I’ll be hopping around all of the blogs and hopefully meeting some new, neat people. We’ve got family visiting this weekend though, so, I’m prioritising the visit and a belated Mother’s Day celebration 🙂 Previews… A is for Alive, in a sense… B is for Books C is for Covid D is for Dancing in the rain E is for Elden Ring F is for Fantasy G is for Gaming H is for home/hope I is for Indie Authors J is for…

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B is for Books #atozchallenge2022

B is for Books #atozchallenge2022

Published by Kai on April 2, 2022

This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Blogging From AtoZ 2022

I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to say in this post about books, because those people that know me also know it’s pretty much all I talk about outside of Ludosport and gaming and my family.I was going to share a cornucopia of ‘coming soon’, but then I got Covid (next post) and that kinda got scrapped. I’ve been struggling really, and it’s not a pleasant feeling. B for Books also links to N for Nanowrimo At the core of my writing, whether it’s clear or not, is a project called Nanowrimo. I write a lot during the three…

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A 2022 plan in the making… #mondayblogs #backlist #kailarks #rungirlrun

A 2022 plan in the making… #mondayblogs #backlist #kailarks #rungirlrun

Published by Kai on January 4, 2022

So I did my retrospective. And I don’t do resolutions, mostly because if I did, I’d get into even more trouble than I’m in already. But, I do sorta, do plans for the year ahead.I’ve split them into personal and professional, then split appropriately from there. That said, I’ll forget something, I always do. And it’s not exhaustive. There’s stuff I cannot post yet, like the planned visits to production and filming, if we do it this year. But here’s what’s on my current lists. Professional My professional splits down into three areas. Business and service which covers all of…

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When she sing, she sings “Come home” #mondayblogs #rungirlrun

When she sing, she sings “Come home” #mondayblogs #rungirlrun

Published by Kai on December 21, 2021

(Don’t Google that, if you plan to watch Loki, the TV series, as the titular character sings it). I’ve been equal parts restless, equal parts full of wanting to get on with changing things, but not having the energy to do any of it. So, as is my usual tactic, I’m actually travelling today. I’m going home.Tomorrow morning, I’ll be heading to my temple, called Goddess Falls. It’s known as another name in Edinburgh, but I’ll be taking my lightsaber with me in the morning. Travelling, thinking, going home We’re hoping that we get to go (so, either this’ll be…

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The last week of * (42) – what is success anyway? #Mondayblogs

The last week of * (42) – what is success anyway? #Mondayblogs

Published by Kai on November 8, 2021

This is 43? Quite honestly, I’m not entirely certain how I feel right now. There are so many different things that I’ve been thinking about. How we measure success. What we consider ‘worthy’ work, when we think about our lives, and how we decide to measure what we’re doing. Like water over rocks, we often smooth away the knowledge we don’t like and find a way to let it settle. And time, like water down a hill, never stops. Judgement – my own worst enemy Self-judgement that is. And I think that’s true of all of us. We’re ALL our…

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