Category: My rants

• Not Writing a Romantic Subplot!

  No! I refuse. No romantic subplots. No love triangles. No teenagers wallowing, mooning, swooning, and otherwise moping about over a love interest for entire chapters. There’s too many YA books out there like that, and I want to write something different. No smooching or kissy stuff. Strictly platonic relationships or fraternal friendship, here. This is…

  A.R. Grimes

  July 4, 2023

  My rants, On writing, Recommended reading, Wyldling Dream series, Wyldling Trials

  bookfunnel, books, Cats, Christian fantasy, epic fantasy, fantasy, fantasy romance, free books, freebies, high fantasy, indie books, Recommended reading, romance, romantic tension, subplot, writing, writing community, Wyldling Snare

• Am I Having a Mid-life Crisis?

  Or, alternatively, the straws you grasp at when you desperately want to quit your soul-sucking day job. I believe I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. Allow me to explain. It all started when my husband decided he needed to go on a diet and convinced me to participate in a program that’s supposed…

  A.R. Grimes

  April 10, 2022

  About me, My rants

  editing, ghostwriting, mid-life crisis, weight loss, writing

• Problem

  Trudging through the Sloughs of Despond Phew! I have been waiting for this moment since Monday morning. Honestly, since Sunday evening. This week has been, quite simply, awful. Not for any horribly traumatic reason. No one has COVID, the kids are fine, my husband and I are still employed. God continues to bless us the…

  A.R. Grimes

  March 5, 2021

  My rants, Obstacles to writing, On writing

  Bible verses, COVID-19, Jesus Christ, writing