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It’s up!  “Sons and Daughters,” Chapter 3 of Barry Anderson: An Unexpected Fairy Tale, is live and you can read it here!  Or go here to start at 1 – Birthday.  (There is also 2 – Lessons but I’m assuming you know how numerical sequentialism works.) 3 – Sons and Daughters I think quoting my favorite lines would in most cases be either spoilers or punch lines (or my slightly more scandalous phrases like “plug becoming an outlet”).  But to share, some of my …

New strategy: Basically, my mind is already a busy place with plenty to say, I just want to say more of it publicly and without perfectionism …

Guys, Chapter 2 of Barry Anderson is live as of today!  {Stadium cheer}  I am honestly so darn proud of 2 – Lessons, although I’ve been putting myself into a panic about posting it, for many reasons. First, and maybe foremost:  It’s really really long. You might think I am exaggerating, for my own self-deprecation, or bragging, depending on how you feel about word count, but I am not.  Final clock-in at 28,662 words.  For reference, the longest chapter of all of Harry Potter is …

I guess any chance I had to pretend that I wasn’t the author of this novel went out the window when I recorded an audiobook version of the first chapter, in my voice. https://www.alittlebitofcalise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Barry-Anderson-Audiobook-Made-by-Headliner.mp4 Still, despite the very silly premise, and my inability to do male voices (which is a problem less often in Barry’s case 😏), I think I have decent comedic timing, and it’s exciting for me to hear the correct inflections for each of the characters’ lines.  It feels like I’m listening …

Hi.  So after about 25 years of writing fiction being one of the things I love most in the whole world, I’m finally taking the leap to share one of my novels with the world, in serial chunks.  To share it with you.  I’m about as nervouscited as I could be about this. If you really don’t want any spoilers about the premise of the piece of fiction you’re about to read, then feel free to go read the first chapter and come back.  It’s …

Hey guys, I hope you enjoy these little retro-style coronavirus wartime posters I threw together, using vintage illustrations and ads I found.  I was trying to copy the vibes I saw in 1940s posters encouraging people to support the war efforts. They were really fun to make, and I like how they turned out.  I really love the mid-century style, and the posters from that era are such time capsules. These are a little bit tongue-in-cheek, because it feels a little silly as an adult …

When I started writing this post, I was really struggling with why this was worth talking about.  You may have clicked on this post because of the serious topics mentioned in the header, but that’s not why I started writing this.  Like most things in my life, this little project started as a result of me enjoying people to a silly degree.  There’s a lot of silly stuff in this post; there’s stick figures, there’s looking at how the Four Sides of Calise enjoy music …

So my birthday is July 26, 1989.  That means I’ve been 30 years old for three months, this week.  So forgive the belatedness of this post; that’s just how I roll apparently 😜. My actual birthday didn’t go exactly as planned.  I had shyly asked my friends if they’d mind having a photoshoot for me, after Justin and I went to a sushi buffet.  They were really sweet and willing… and then on the actual day things kept coming up, including a need to go …

Haven’t met the Four Sides of Calise yet?
Read the intro and get to know them here! This 4SoC was written 2/11/19, while I was attempting to work through some feels.  This is usually how it goes, lol.
Callous: So… what’s going on?  It’s too quiet.
Ecee: Shhh!  We’re being sad.  Ellie needs time to reflect on everything.
Squeezy: Trying so hard not to bring up everything we need to do.
Ecee:  You think it’s being easy for me?!  I have so many …

First, let me premise this by saying that I in no way shape or form take credit for this as an original concept.  “Personality Sides” were introduced to me by a really good friend on a later aLBoP forum, as a self-exploration exercise which, no surprise to anyone, I really love doing, as I’m pretty obsessed with myself and why the crap I do what I do.  That’s embarrassing to admit, straight off, but if you don’t like me or exploring my internal processes, then …

This personal blog has been a long time coming.  For those who don’t know me yet, my main site and pride and joy of nearly 6 years is A Little Bit of Personality, or aLBoP.  (Still working on the acronym for this one, because “aLBoC” sounds dumb… of course that’s what I said about aLBoP at first, lol.)  But I’ve known for a good year and a half or more that I wanted to start a personal site, and that I wanted its moniker to …