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Category Archives: distraction

Furiously Happy:
My brain hungered for humor. Was absolutely famished for fun.

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Kelli Jae BaeliSeptember 11, 2020

I am very picky about the books I read, and it’s hard to find anything that doesn’t either piss me off or bore me. That might just be a product of having been an Indie Author, honing her craft for 30 years, or maybe it’s just me being too damn critical. But I never had problems in my younger years. Like say, my twenties and before. But then, I didn’t write my first book until I was 26. So maybe it really is that being an author affects my ability to enjoy reading other authors that aren’t top-notch. Garbage in, … Continue reading →

Posted in depression, stress, WRITING CRAFT, distraction, happiness, desperation, Social anxiety, writer, harsh realities, mental illness, self-awareness, novelist, BOOKS, WRITING LIFE, anxiety, despair, Depressive Realism, sensitivity, Social Psychology, ENTERTAINMENT, reality, memoir genre, CURRENT AFFAIRS, coping skills, Humor genre, Book review, Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy, Lets Pretend This Never Happened, reading | Leave a reply

Workspaces & Tentacle Sex

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 17, 2017

Since my surgery at the end of May, I have had to accommodate my recovery, while still getting my work done. The whole thing has made me feel old and decrepit. Our bedroom is now in the living room because it was just easier to put everything in one room. Especially after we realized the landlords weren’t going to cut down the dead trees and falling limbs just outside our wall of windows in the bedroom. We didn’t feel safe there, so the living room became our new bedroom. Only recently, could I sit in a desk chair as I … Continue reading →

Posted in aggravation, life, problem-solving, distraction, disability, Domestic Trivia, Kelli Jae Baeli, WRITING LIFE, writing tools, weirdness, adaptation, Rain Falls, Melissa Walker-Baeli, Lesbian Zombies from Hell, The Girls in the Band, tentacle sex, tentacle sex, Computer | 2 Replies

Projects, Pitfalls, Promise

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Kelli Jae BaeliSeptember 11, 2020

Shame on me. I haven’t posted a blog in a long time. SO much going on with us lately. Dealing with sudden health issues happening all at once, burned out, exhausted, feeling ill all the time, I was certainly not inspired to write. So I decided to take a 6-month sabbatical. It turned into 8 months when I found out in the middle of it I needed major surgery. So, I had to face my #2 biggest fear, (surgery) and I’ve been recovering from a full abdominal hysterectomy, and after almost 8 weeks, I’m still having some issues, which I … Continue reading →

Posted in fat, life, pain, surgery, distraction, change, novels, Kelli Jae Baeli, occupational hazard, harsh realities, novelist, injury, TRAVEL, WRITING LIFE, independent author, bad writing, AKA Investigations series, Building Character, FOOD & DRINK, novellas, novelwriting, Fiction Writing, marriage, methodology, adaptation, Rain Falls, Rain Falls, Pitfall, New Harbor Witches, Pooly Fall, Melissa Walker-Baeli, menopause, hysterectomy, organic, Go.Leave.Stay., Lesbian Zombies from Hell, 2 Dollar Shots, Life Everywhere | 2 Replies

That Whooshing Sound

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Kelli Jae BaeliDecember 23, 2016

Message in a bottle… After almost two years of struggle with the vicissitudes of Indie writing and publishing, I have, I believe, come up with a solution to all that has been vexing me, and keeping me from reaching the goals I have been working so hard to achieve, and all that has annihilated the joy to be found in the journey. With the new lease on life I got after my return from New Zealand, I have been focused mostly on getting my health back, but also in increasing and maintaining the momentum in my career, which I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in problem-solving, distraction, happiness, CREATIVITY, PSYCHOLOGY, change, responsibility, TIME, writer, Amazon, writing business, WRITING LIFE, independent author, indie publisher, WRITING, marriage, adaptation, menopause | Leave a reply

Muse Recovery & Descriptive Prose

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 26, 2015

{dusting off the blog}. It’s been a while since my last entry. I was busy with moving back from New Zealand to Denver area, to prepare a life for me and my Sweetie, and we have of course been missing each other desperately, and spending lots of time online Skyping and Typing. And I had to get settled for a while, so I can work out the other plans on the horizon. I am currently residing in an extended stay suite and will probably be here for a while, so i have been trying to climb back on the writing-horse … Continue reading →

Posted in life, conflict, Human Nature, distraction, women, muse, PSYCHOLOGY, change, ethical dilemma, society, ethics, morality, moral dilemma, Kelli Jae Baeli, occupational hazard, writer, Colorado, revenge, novelist, Relocation, erotica genre, WRITING LIFE, mainstream fiction genre, HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON (HSP), Another Justice, suspense genre, descriptive writing, New Zealand, novelwriting, Lesbian fiction genre, Fiction Writing, lesfic genre, short stories | Leave a reply

Alien Methodology

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 26, 2015

A few days ago, I began working on a story idea of the alien invasion variety, because the premise made me laugh and I thought it would be fun. Besides, I have wanted to do a series of short stories to test the market and see what people were responding to these days. Well, the alien invasion story became more like an alien visitation. And then, I found that while it was entertaining in premise, there was no real conflict going on, and none of the characters had much to gain or lose. That’s the death knell for plotting. One … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITING CRAFT, distraction, inspiration, Google, RESOURCE & REFERENCE, RESEARCH, Book Reviews, speculative fiction genre, WRITING LIFE, WRITING, Writer's Block, scifi genre, plotting, methodology, adventure genre, Humor genre, aliens | Leave a reply

Domino Bones

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Kelli Jae BaeliMay 6, 2013

…Average Morning Weirdness… This morning, I rolled over to greet my honey, as she sat down on the bed (she almost always rises before I do). I heard three pops–one in my right shoulder, one in my neck, one in my left shoulder. I made some comment like, “Oh, my crunchy joints…they pop in sequence…it’s like dominoes. I have Domino Bones.” Then, I realized how much I liked the phrase. Domino Bones. “Sounds like the name of a canyon in Montana,” I say. Then put on my announcer voice: “They were lost in the canyon of Domino Bones and had … Continue reading →

Posted in coffee, life, distraction, Shakespeare, CREATIVITY, Internet, blogging, diction, WRITING, ENTERTAINMENT, SOFTWARE, OneNote, WEBSITES, weirdness, Pinterest | 1 Reply

Hang-outs, Sculpture & Tangents

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Kelli Jae BaeliMarch 8, 2013

Sitting down with my first cup of coffee. I’ve been noticing that I’m beginning to ramble and go on tangents in the morning, recently. This is a good thing, as I need to get back to writing novels. So my readers will please forgive anything that might spill out after this paragraph…it’s even more likely to happen because this is the first writing I am doing upon waking… SO. Recently someone I’ve been talking to online mentioned she was a sculptor, and also asked me where I hang out. I don’t really have a hang-out, per se. If I did, … Continue reading →

Posted in HUMOR, coffee, RELATIONSHIPS, art, quirks, distraction, CREATIVITY, PSYCHOLOGY, socializing, sculpture, FOOD & DRINK, CHALLENGES & MISHAPS | Tagged ideas, sculpting, pottery, coffeehouse | Leave a reply

Insomnia, Sex, Guilt & MahJongg

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Kelli Jae BaeliJuly 1, 2012

There are several things that have kept me from writing lately. So I thought the only way I was going to get back to writing, was to write about what’s been keeping me from writing. One is a good reason that most people wish they had. I’ve been having lots of sex. I’m in the throes of a new relationship and everything is fresh and exciting. And the sex just happens to be really great, and that makes me want to continue to have it–especially since my self-imposed two year celibacy, where my only lover had a high and low … Continue reading →

Posted in HUMOR, sex, RELATIONSHIPS, guilt, distraction, CREATIVITY, WRITING, ENTERTAINMENT | Tagged mah jong, mahjong, insomnia | Leave a reply

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