by Anastasia Alexander | Dec 20, 2017 | empowerment, Love in the 21st Century
I grew up with the Norman Rockwell vision of the holidays. It didn’t help that my mom was one of those people that went full tilt into creating that reality. She would put up at least five full Christmas trees. It wasn’t the kind of tree that had a few...
by Anastasia Alexander | Apr 11, 2017 | News, Writing
I just wrote a short story and I love it! I am super excited about it. There are rare times in an author’s life where they sit down to write a story and the story completely takes over them. Consumes them and demands to be written now. This happened to me with...
by Anastasia Alexander | Mar 13, 2017 | abuse, embarassement, empowerment, Relationships
I have a secret. It’s one that I have kept hidden for a very long time, and I have never planned on spilling it to anyone. But here’s the thing, I have committed to writing regular blog posts, and well, I need to write about something so it might as well be about my...
by Anastasia Alexander | Mar 1, 2017 | embarassement, empowerment, Relationships, shame
Well, Grandpa up and died. He was 93, so I guess it was time. I grew up with him telling me that I would probably never see him again because he was going to die. My father told me that Grampa told him that he was going to die the first time he met my mom....
by Anastasia Alexander | Feb 20, 2017 | Love in the 21st Century, Marriage, Relationships, Writing
There are many types of relationships out there. Many types of loves and expressions of loves and the way people relate to one another. I have always found that fascinating and am infatuated to watch the different ways people build marriages, partnerships, and...
by Anastasia Alexander | Feb 14, 2017 | empowerment, Love in the 21st Century, Marriage, Relationships, Single, Women Empowerment
I can’t help but laugh. I was taking a work break and reading a novel. The couple in the novel were about to get married for convenience in a courthouse. The mom was complaining to the daughter about the courthouse and how unromantic that was when I suddenly realized...
by Scott Whitehead | Feb 6, 2017 | empowerment, Relationships, Single
by Anastasia Alexander | Feb 1, 2017 | embarassement, empowerment, self care
Okay, it’s my birthday. Yes, I am writing this on my birthday but will not be posting it on my blog on my birthday because, yes; I am afraid of creepos. Anyways, it is my birthday, and I wake up first thing in the morning to check my phone. Yes, I am addicted...
by Anastasia Alexander | Jan 18, 2017 | My Books, Uncategorized, Writing
We all long for something we don’t have. Currently, I am longing for a normal life. One where all the drama unfolds in my fiction and doesn’t spill forth into my real life. I was once at a national SCBWI conference in LA (society of children’s writing and...
