Life

When The Plot Dies

      What do you do when the plot dies?       When you’ve got a whole world filled with colorful characters, fascinating customs, 3000 years of history (at least), and intrigue galore… yet somehow, as you’re sitting down to put the “plot” of the book together, nothing quite manifests.      …

Two Hundred

      This is the 200th post on JeezJosie.com.       Can you FREAKING believe it? I just glanced at my dashboard the other day and noticed I was sitting at the big 1-9-5, which means that today’s post is the official two hundredth post here.       Amazeballs.      …

Daddy

      My father died seventeen years ago this week.       Every day after that anniversary will tip the scale, because he will have been gone from my life longer than he was in it. How strange a thought is that?       I lived seventeen years as his precious redheaded…

Donna Jo

      You’re never prepared for the phone call that tells you someone you love has passed on.       I think my mom thought I was being purposely vacuous and a little bitchy, but when I said, “Wait, what? No – what? What?” over and over, I honestly could not wrap my…