August 2025 – Mindy Carlson
2 posts published by Mindy Carlson during August 2025| Mindy Carlson
We dropped Child The First off to begin his second year of college on Thursday. I, of course, was immediately brought back to last year, crying as we drove away from dorm. That first year, I was a swirling storm of emotions. Simultaneously thrilled he was starting a new phase of his life and mourning […]| Mindy Carlson
As I mentioned last month, we’re all living that fairy tale life. As authors, we’re writing about life, but in encapsulated vignettes that feature our struggles and dark times before we…| Mindy Carlson
“Why can’t my life be a fairy tale?” It’s the refrain of every heroine in every romance novel and movie. Or—why limit ourselves?—it’s in every novel on the shelf and movie streaming through the int…| Mindy Carlson
I make a cold brew coffee with honey, lavender syrup, and almond milk every morning. And not a small one, either. Large. Very Large. My coffee–doctored with almond milk, honey, and lavender s…| Mindy Carlson
This weekend was Malice Domestic and the Agatha Awards. Malice Domestic is a conference celebrating traditional mysteries, cozies, and softer thrillers and noir novels. Malice has the reputation fo…| Mindy Carlson
Last time we spoke, I was in a bit of a spiral. Part of that was because it was February. Part of it was the specific ways the world is fracturing under our feet. The world hasn’t gotten bett…| Mindy Carlson
It’s easy to become immobilized when you have a buzz saw chopping through the very foundation of your country. The desire to doomscroll–to stayed glued to social media and other news si…| Mindy Carlson
For a number of years now (I’m too lazy to look back in my past blogs and newsletters to give you a precise number), I’ve selected One Little Word to help me focus my intentions for the coming year…| Mindy Carlson
I’ve participated in the GoodReads reading challenge for the last couple of years. In 2024, I pledge to read 75 books. I ended up “officially” reading 76. That’s 26,951 page…| Mindy Carlson
‘Tis the season to be shopping and I’m back with gift ideas for the writers in your life. The number one gift you can give to your favorite authors is a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Bar…| Mindy Carlson
My entire mom-ing career, I thought I was at peak school supply acquisition efficiency. One trip to Target, one trip to Staples and Boom! Done. Notebooks (the cool kind), binders, pens, calculators…| Mindy Carlson
It’s that time of year again–Holiday Gifting Season! My theme for 2023 is Care and Nurturing of Creativity. Sometimes that care looks like alone time and sometimes it looks like time sp…| Mindy Carlson
