Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, being an author, books, life, publishing, wise witty and wacky wednesday, writing 19
As an author I crave reviews as deeply as I crave chocolate, the next great idea, and words that flow like the purest fountain of literary brilliance. However, as an author I’m very reluctant to give reviews. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, and a review after all is just someone’s opinion. You know […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, home, self discovery, wise witty and wacky wednesday 20
From age six to twelve I lived in Anchorage, Alaska. The Big Dipper was the first constellation I ever found and is very bright and easy to find in Alaska. When we moved from Anchorage to Walnut Creek, CA I went out night after night looking for the Big Dipper. It took a week or […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, being an author, fear, gratitude, joy, self discovery, wise witty and wacky wednesday 18
As many of you may know from previous posts, I tend to allow fear to rule far too much of what I do. The horror stories about traveling echo through my head drowning out the millions who travel with no problems at all, or even the ones who write about their amazing, beautiful experiences which […]
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I spent yesterday in a six hour PTSD workshop, then last night at 2am one of the work kids woke up and it took 45min to get him back to sleep, so right now I’m tired, moody, and also analyzing myself for any signs of PTSD. I’m not sure if this blog will ever see […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, being an author, books, publishing, self discovery, wise witty and wacky wednesday, writing 12
The perfect guy is boring! I ranted recently about female characters, now it’s time for a go at heroes. Why are they suddenly always perfect? Especially in YA I see heroes with perfect abs, control of their tempers and hormones, money, understanding of their emotions, smell good, and get good grades! The perfect boy to […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, being an author, books, female characters, self discovery, wise witty and wacky wednesday, writing 22
Okay I know this rant doesn’t cover ALL books, and of course I don’t mean yours 🙂 But seriously I’m getting a bit tired of reading books where the women either fall into a submissive housewife role as soon as they have a steady guy or are rude bitches pretending to be strong. Does no […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, books, wise witty and wacky wednesday, writing 19
I love reading old books and not just because it makes me feel good to have read another “classic”, but because they are windows into our past. I love learning about how a day went one hundred years ago. Or that in the 50s moms would have homemade baked goods waiting for their children at […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, alpha female, alpha male, being an author, body image, handstand push-ups, wise witty and wacky wednesday, writing 30
I have to admit that for me an alpha male has to be a badass. I also like them to be intelligent, sweet, caring, and able to cook and clean, but in the end it’s the badassness that makes me swoon. So what kind of badass things do I like to see my men do? […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, life, self discovery, wise witty and wacky wednesday 16
I realized that I have become a pessimist, and not a simple “the glass is half empty” pessimist, more of a “I bet someone put poison in that glass and is going to charge me to drink out of it, and then it’s going to break into a thousand pieces, each one cutting me before […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday Alica Mckenna Johnson, life, wise witty and wacky wednesday 13
I am a sensitive person. I don’t mean this in a – I need thousand thread count sheets and my food served at exactly eighty-seven degrees because I’m very delicate and sensitive. I mean I’m a very emotional person, which can make life difficult. There are books I’d love to read yet I’m afraid to […]
