The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford

Changes are coming…

Val — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 17:05:17 +0000

Yep, I’m playing with the website again. Changes are definitely coming, and I hope you all enjoy it! Just bear with me while I get stuff ready.

Guest Post: Connie Cockrell

Val — Tue, 30 May 2023 19:05:27 +0000

Today, we’ve got a guest post from my friend Connie Cockrell, who is sharing how she got started writing. Enjoy! I started writing in November, 2011. In mid-October, 2011, my daughter, Elizabeth, had just come home from her friends house and was all excited about an on-line event called National Novel Writing Month. This young ...

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Radio silence wasn’t intentional

Val — Sun, 21 May 2023 15:17:18 +0000

Sorry, folks, last weekend got away from me, and this week I was in the office for the DayJob(tm), so I let things go a bit. But here’s a bit of an update, just so I don’t break my schedule too much: So yeah, it’s a bit boring, but I’m working on it. Next weekend ...

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Malagentian Test Kitchen

Val — Sun, 07 May 2023 23:15:33 +0000

This weekend, I went out to an SCA event, the Malagentian Test Kitchen up in Maine. The picture above is one of my best friends Sine and I in the glorious sunshine. Sine and her husband Kythe actually introduced Argus and I, so we’ve been friends for a long time. This was a fun, low-key ...

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Updates and other things

Val — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 16:27:26 +0000

I know, it’s been a while. I’m actually coming out of a pretty dark time, but I’m working with a therapist and on medication and have been diagnosed with ADHD (I know, finally, right??), so the future is looking – well, it’s brighter than it’s been in a while, even if it’s still pretty dim. ...

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December 3

Val — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:35:21 +0000

December 3 “Are we ready?” Molly asked, surveying the table in front of her. Around her, the barely-contained chaos of the annual Carter’s Cove Craft Fair swirled and buzzed as craftspeople set up their own tables, laden with the fruits of their labor. This year, she’d managed to snag tables next to Kiaya Fable, who ...

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December 2

Val — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:03:03 +0000

Molly stood in the middle of her kitchen, surveying the various boxes spread out over the normally immaculate island. The day before the annual Craft Fair at Daughter of Stars Middle School was always busy, and it never seemed to get easier, she mused. Maybe if you didn’t try to top yourself every year, it ...

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December 1

Val — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:57:43 +0000

Are you kidding? Schrodinger Barrett raised his head, looking at his friend Jack with horrified eyes. The third member of their group, Aurora the husky, was out at daycare, as she was still young enough to want spend her days romping and playing, rather than settling next to the woodstove in the tea room at ...

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November 30 – Advent Day 0

Val — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:07:32 +0000

“But what if we really are too old?” Zoey Allard blurted suddenly, stopping and looking at her best friend. “Too old for what?” Lily Barrett asked, also stopping. Zoey had been acting weird for the past few days, ever since she’d come back from her grandparents’ house from Thanksgiving. Now, Lily waited for her to ...

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Finally back in the saddle!

Val — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:58:21 +0000

So the secret project that had consumed all of my free time is finally given – my amazing friend Karrah was elevated to the Order of the Pelican in the SCA on Labor Day weekend, and I’d volunteered to embroider the two medallions on the front of her Pelican coat. I decided to do them ...

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