Isolation tips:
As someone with agoraphobia and PTSD and who works from home, I spend almost all my time isolated, so I figured I could offer some tips.
1.) Books and movies.
I know that sounds obvious, but sometimes people, including myself, keep scrolling through social media and mindlessly internet browse, forgetting all about the joys of curling up with a good book or a movie.
2.) Resurrect beloved hobbies
Remember how you used to do crafts, or scrapbook, or tinker with inventions, or paint...ect? Time to pick that back up! I'm going to do another scratchboard for sure. I also want to try to do a painting or start another quilt. Oh, and I LOVED jigsaw puzzles. Maybe I can do the ones I got as gifts and never had the time to start.
3.) Big home projects you never had time for.
At Kent's house, we have about 167 of those. I also STILL need to polish the wheels I got for my my B-day.
4.) Hang out with friends remotely.
Those of you who see the acknowledgements in my books know that I'm in a group that watches bad movies together online. We use an app called KAST for that. We get to stream a movie for each other and chat in the sidebar. It's pretty much my only social life.
LIFE NEWS:
Due to current events, I'm not going to be getting much work from the day job, so money will be tight. I was going to get another tooth fixed next month, but I'll probably have to cancel that.
At least that means I'll have more writing time, so I'll be focusing on finishing up RECLAIMING THE MAGIC, and then writing the next book in the B MINE series.
For happy news, one of my close friends custom made me a doll of one of my favorite horror movie characters: Angela from Night of the Demons. I LOVE HER!
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