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 Yes, today is the day. November first. The start of national writer's month, and I have yet to meet my goal. Turns out that writing 1,667 words a day is quite harder than I expected. While I started my day off early and great, I've been sitting at the table with my coffee, notebook, and thinking cap, but alas, the word vomit has yet to show up.  I thought I was on a wonderful writing streak and counted my words, but found I had only written 240, words in about an hour... well, that wasn't the streak I was hoping for. The problem I'm currently having is that I know what I want to say, but well, I can't figure out how to bring it all out. Hopefully, soon, I can get the writing done because I really want to meet my goal this month and if I can't produce anything on my day off. Working days are clearly going to be a struggle. Ahh, well, I will keep you posted.  I spent a good chunk of time today, and I will be honest, I was actually disappointed in the number of wo...

       Patience is definitely not my forte if you know me. I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of November 1st so that I can participate in NaNoWriMo- which for those of you that don’t know is National November Writers Month. I’ve set a goal to start writing in The Princess of Belsaria book two.      My goal is to write 50,000 words for the entire month, which means I need to write for an average of a consistent full hour. I don’t do math very well in this aspect. I’m a writer not a mathematician.... lol. Anyway to get a min of 50,000 words in a day, I have to write a minimum of 1,667 words a day. That’s only if I get the juices flowing so I really hope I have some good days to pick up my bad ones. I’m not sure if you would need a login or not, but here is my profile page on the website.  https://nanowrimo.org/participants/mermaid-s_coven   Hopefully it works, let me know if not. Anyway more to come, signing off  Taisha Speters

So here it is, a quick sneak peek at the ball gown that inspired the coronation gown for Marsais. I really love the color blue and really wanted a large flowing gown for her coronation. I have some others that were thought of for inspiration. While this is my main idea I would love to know your thoughts. Down below you will see 3 other images of what I chose to use for the dress. If you would like to help vote I would really value your opinion. To all my adoring fans I love you!!!! Oh and btw another update. My book will be pushed to my editor on the 20th of October!!!! EEEKKK!!! First voted choice A                                  Choice B                                                 ...

  So it's been around a week since Jeff and Carter left town and its been pretty lonely I won't lie.  You know its funny how during this quarentine that people are saying they don't need any body or that they are fine. I call BS. Truth is we are designed to be social beings. We thrive on interaction and human conversation. I can't image how people feel when they lose their significant other. Which in some cases the widowed usually follows a few months to a couple years behind.  My husband is still on this earth, we talk every day that he is out of town, but I come home from work and I smell him in our room. His clothing neatly stacked and waiting to be warn. The bed feels enormous. Like a infinity pool never ending. Empty. I steal his pillows to stack against me. Weirdly enough I try to use stuff animals to cuddle. It's so not the same.  The second night I cried. I don't know why I cried, but I did. My parter does a significant amount for me at home, and not hea...

 Hello Hello! Welcome to the Speters show!!     So much to fill you in on my lovely readers. As you know the month of October is rapidly approaching which means a few things are happening. One thing, if you can believe it, is CARTER will be THIRTEEN YEARS OLD!! Can you believe it? I'm barely 30 and I have a teen boy. I can't believe it. Two weeks from Thursday my boy will be a teen.     For the next part of October if everything goes right I will be sending my book off to a lovely editor who will be changing my work of art. I'm beyond thrilled about the new achievement and chapter in my life. More to come on that here in the near future.      My last day at child haven here in Nevada was on September 9th. I've been pretty hush-hush about my new job. I'm an RBT ( for those who don't know that is a Registered Behavior Therapist. I'm quite thrilled about my accomplishment as I now have 38 hours a week and I got a raise so I'm making a significan...

     So as many of you know, today is the start of Football!!! Though many stadiums are not allowing fans in the seats at least you can enjoy it on TV hopefully. I don’t usually share this publicly, my team is the Miami Dolphins. JUST SO YOU KNOW I AM NOT A SPORTS PERSON BY ANY MEANS. My family asked that I chose a team and I’m obsessed with Dolphins, so there you have it. I played my sisters friend Crystal today. She is a fan of the Patriots and they owned me. 21-17... Ouch haha.      I just helped my book meetings settle on more of a limited schedule as due to Covid our numbers are dropping, though editors are super swamped because well naturally authors have quite a bit of down time right now. My editor has asked to start my work on October 15th!!! EEEKK. So I’ve started book two of my Princess of Belsaria series. I’ve also began another project with a good friend of mine. We are co-writing a werewolf series following our lead character Dahlia and her jo...

Welcome to the slacker blog, haha. I am the worst at this, but I want to do better, so here is a new post. I guess once again, I need to fill everyone in since I am such a slacker. My last post was approx. 3 ish years ago. Horrible, I know. SOOO.... here is the update.  Jeff and I got married. We tied the knot here in the beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada. Even though it was out of state, we did have a good chunk of family come down, which was super important. We were both really happy about this exciting news as we were both nervous many members of his family would not be able to make it. He surprised me during our ceremony with a wedding band, and I surprised him with a new band in his favorite color. Guys, he even danced with me! For those that don't know my husband that well.... he doesn't dance. I stressed not being able to dance with him. He sucked it up just for me! Unfortunately,  with all good things, something bad has to happen, right? Well, we haven't been able t...

Wow so much time has gone by since I have posted. I guess I kinda got so caught up in life, that I forgot what it was like to login and keep posting. So cheers to a new post and a new beginning. We are going to start fresh for a new improved me.  Sooo by now you are asking yourself what have you missed? What is new at this point. More specifically where should I begin? Well this past February I got engaged! I am engaged to a man I never thought I would be getting married to.  A little bit more about things. This particular paragraph is going to be about my new little family. See when I said yes to the love of my life, I didn't just say yes to him. I said yes to my step-daughter Tashlynn and my step-son Ashton. However in our little family we don't like to use steps. They are my son and daughter just as if they were my own, Carter even calls them his brother and sister. He is very excited to have them in his life.  Now moving on to another topic: School.... Ah yes, t...

Valentines Day 2014!! A night in the house with amazing family and son!! Drinking sparkling cider, eating chocolate and watching movies. Best Valentines I could ask for :)

Gosh I hadn't realized it had been so so long since I posted on here. So much has changed for my son and I since my last post dating almost 4 years ago. Can you believe it?  I struggled so much then or at least thought that I had. Now looking back at things I realize I had more then I was willing to give myself credit for. Yes being a single parent is hard, but only has hard as you make it seem. If you cry "Poor me" all the time it kinda tends to get old for the others around you willing to help. To be quite honest that used to be me. So let me give you an insight on how things have changed for me in the last 4 years.  Carter is now 6 years old and growing into the most handsome man ever. Truthfully I never thought I could produce something so amazingly wonderful. I am now a stay at home mom spending every waking moment with my son. Didn't think that was possible did you? Well I will share with you my secret. I found a truly amazing company that allowed...

Gosh I don't even remember the last time I wrote in here. It has been ages. I guess that means I have to come up with something to talk about since this is my blog right ha ha. Well lets see where to start? Well to start off I do have my CNA now. So I am officially certified and I love it. I am still looking for jobs so guys keep your ears open for me will ya? I was so happy when I finally got it. I can't tell you how great it felt. Unfortunately I was unable to pass the test to get into Ameritech, so I won't be starting January like I had hoped. I called mom and dad crying and you know my dad gave me one of the best pep talks I ever remember having. He told me that the test does not break or make me who I am. Its just a silly stupid test. That the CNA thing was a good move for my family. It makes me proud to know that i am still doing such a good job with my family you know. Oh and mom got an accounting job, so I had to leave cashiering and I now work in the bakery as a ca...

September 15, 2010 So I must say I am glad that everyone is reading my blog. Although if you are reading it please become a follower. I really like that my family is interested in me still. Ha ha. I guess my life really isn't that boring if I am on the Internet. Work is going pretty good. Life has been crazy busy though. Sometimes I feel like I hardly get any time to my self these days. Yet I whine because Chris and I hardly have time together. And we live together. Wow listen to me I am such a whiner lol. Some days I sound horribly pathetic, but you know I still have people that love me although I am not so sure as to why. In the words of my son I guess mommy just special ha ha. You know my son is my whole world and the things he says to me some days are just kill me really. Another one of my favorites is "Mommy how you work day?" So now mommy says "Carter how you school day?" Makes you miss the show kids say the darn est things. I know I miss that show. I on...

October 5, 2010           Okay so no one yell at me, I know I have been slacking off lately. Chris is not here to be on the computer lol. So lets recap on what's going on.So carter's birthday is coming up next Friday October 15th. We booked a party for him a Jungle Jim's play land. I am his mom and I am so excited about it. I am pretty sure that my customers are getting sick of hearing about it now. Ha ha. Oh well. So I feel kinda bad about some events that have happened recently. If you  know me very well then all of you know about Austin and I think I wrote about him previously. Well I feel kinda bad because I was yelling at my mom, because of him. He never hangs out with me he hangs out with my mom. It's really pissing me off and then he has the nerve to call me his best friend. To be honest, I don't even know who he is anymore. I told my mom I didn't want him around anymore, but it's mostly because he comes and goes all the time. ...

September 22, 2010       I know I need to write more I am sorry guys. A few days ago part of me died. I know it sounds crazy, but it did. I never thought some things would be so hard and you know I try so hard to keep a brave face on. It's difficult, but you know it's OK. I closed the door and a new one opened. A new opportunity for my son and I. I closed the door on my apartment and moved in with Chris's mom. That night was severely emotional for me. I cried when we went to drop off the keys. It was a good cry yes, but a cry none the less. It was the first place we had together and everything. We had done something on our own and that was what mattered. In our new place my son will have his own room as soon as we start renovating up some more. I feel like things are going to get better. Less bills to pay and more money. Hell maybe I will finally be able to get my tattoo now. Ha ha. Our relationship is getting stronger. Oh wait you will never believe this okay...

September 13, 2010            So today is Tuesday and I am just sitting here at 11:51 pm watching a movie called boat trip. I have know idea what it is about Chris is watching it and I am sitting here next to him watching what parts of it I really want to pay attention too. Ha ha. So I have done my first CNA class and I am glad to know that it's not that hard. Okay so it will be, but I think I can do it. I have done all my home work already and my next class is this next coming Saturday. The next class that I will be scared for is the clinicals. I am really scared for that one. I will be doing it at a real hospital and working with real patients too. I hope that I can do it everyone cross their fingers for me and wish me luck. So I am still working on Carters birthday and my six month with Chris is coming up too. Things have been really good so far. Financially things are getting better for us and the fighting as toned down a lot ...

September 6, 2010              So I suppose things are going good still. I am blogging during the day which is new for me. My son makes me laugh so hard and right now is on is second bowl of cereal. Man that boy can eat. Ha Ha. He is not even 3 yet and he is eating me out of house and home. I am proud though to be the mother of a healthy baby. I am so nervous his birthday is next month and I have no idea what I am doing for it. I am trying to look up Chuck E Cheese, but that is not going very well for me. I am trying to get my stuff moved out from my apartment although I am going to miss it. I am moving back in with Chris's mom so I can go back to school. I would go home to my parents, but they would need a guest house or something for me to stay in. The house is already crowded. So right now I am just sitting on the computer waiting for Carter to eat, so I can go get another load at the house. It's so funny I have brought mo...

September 4th, 2010          So things have been going great. There have been some difficulties, but you know every relationship has them. I have been trying to list my stuff on eBay and etsy, so look me up. I have even gone to listing twilight cards on eBay to bring in extra money. Do I sound desperate? I hope not. I mean I am just trying to bring in an extra some odd income to my family you know. Also tonight Carter, Chris and I went out to a very nice dinner at The Old spaghetti Factory. It was nice to be able to go to dinner with my men. I was very happy and so were they. Carter had to announce to our waitress that he farted. Cute huh. Not really. Wow kids do amaze you all the time. I was so embarrassed it was not funny. He thought it was. Yesterday we also went to a movie. It was nice to be able to do some fun things this weekend. We went and saw that vampires suck movie, that mocks Twilight. It was really interesting. I would have enj...

August 23,2010         Sorry I have not written in a while. Chris's mom is out of town so we offered to house sit for the next 2 weeks. One reason I like it is because it's close to work so my gas lasts longer then what is usually does. I am hoping I don't tank out cuz it's so hard to live on your own. Although I am super excited for my new school. I will be attending Ameritech in Draper, Utah. I will have my nursing degree in about 15 to 18 months. Right now I am going out to get my CNA and I will be leaving Walmart in the next month or so to go work for the hospital. Ha ha. Don't tell Chris, but I will still make more then he does. I am proud one day he will be a culinary arts major and he will be owning his own catering business. Then maybe we won't be so tight. Well I would love to write more, but I need to get back to reality and not in fantasy ha ha. Enjoy life you guys I know I am.

Sunday, Aug 15, 2010          So I think my boyfriend would agree with me when I say I am completely addicted to this blogging now. I stay up late at night just so I can write to you guys. I think I am going to develop my own case of blogging insomnia ha ha. Now I sound like my friends who play games all night ha ha. So I need to be going to bed soon tho cuz I have to be up for work at 7:30 in the morning. Damn I am really crazy. ha ha. So all of what happened today was a real blur. I had a really short shift today and I can't wait to be off on Tuesday. I am hoping soon to be able to have another date with my boyfriend and hopefully do some traveling together around Christmas, but he doesn't know that yet. MM I am also getting a tattoo soon hopefully, but I kinda need money for that. I have 2 planned out. One is going to be Carter's hand prints on my left shoulder and have his name and birthday underneath and for my other one it's going to ...

Saturday Aug 14, 2010        So it's a Saturday night and I am at home, because I got off work and I am too lazy or tired to go anywhere. I am trying to make sure I blog every night about whatever I can. Some people are to afraid to look, because of what I might say. I think what I would say would embarrass me first before anyone else. LOL. Not that it would really matter, but you know. I keep forgetting to write in my journal, but this way it's like an online one you know. And I am always on the computer anyway so might as well try it. Work kicked my butt today as always. They keep putting me on the sales floor, but I don't get paid any extra money for it. Wouldn't that be nice. I wish I had a day off that included money so I could actually do some bonding with my own family. I guess once you start working is when you lose all quality time. You know my son is almost 3 and I want to cry cuz I am always in school or work, but never home. It's a rather...