The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford

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The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford
  • The Books
    • The Dark Horseman Novels
      • Not Your Father’s Horseman
        • Prologue to Not Your Father’s Horseman
      • Dark Moon Seasons
        • Chapter 1 of Dark Moon Seasons
      • Last Rites
        • Chapter One – A Loss of Confidence
    • Non-Fiction Books
    • Short fiction
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(writing) Depression, demons, and morning pages

By Val March 18, 2018 acorn, depression, personal, writing 2 Comments

I’ve started my morning pages again, because I’m feeling the need to write in the morning, but my brain isn’t really speaking to me except in nasty tones, so I…

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(writing/personal) The cycle of grief isn’t linear

By Val January 14, 2018 brian, crocheting, depression, food, personal, proofreading, sca, writing 4 Comments

There are a lot of books about how grief works, and they all talk about there are different stages and you progress through them. And maybe some people do actually…

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(personal/writing) Long days and not giving up

By Val January 8, 2018 depression, health, personal, sca, writing 2 Comments

It’s the beginning of the year, and in my day job, I answer questions about 401ks, pensions, health savings accounts, and health and insurance benefits. So needless to say, I’m…

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(personal/writing/advent) 2018 – my first full year alone

By Val January 4, 2018 advent, brian, depression, food, health, patreon, personal, proofreading, time management, to-do, Uncategorized, website stuff, writing No Comments

I swear this year is going to be better. I won’t let it be the same way it was last year. I won’t.   But things are going to have…

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(writing) More Advent, of course

By Val October 11, 2017 advent, depression, goals, patreon, personal, short stories, tea No Comments

It’s getting to be that time of year again, after all. Yes, there WILL be a Carter’s Cove story this year. But I’m doing other things as well. I’ve just…

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(writing/personal) Sunday updates

By Val October 1, 2017 advent, depression, metrics, nanowrimo, personal, writing 3 Comments

Today is the first day of October. This year has seemed to fly by, and yet it’s been the longest year of my life. I’m told that grief is like…

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(writing/personal) Updates of all kinds

By Val April 9, 2017 advent, brian, depression, dreamwidth, patreon, pendragon, personal, secret project, writing 1 Comment

 Today is a writing day, and that’s a good thing. I need to get back to a routine before I go back to work in a month, and I need…

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Writing and news

By Val March 5, 2017 advent, con schedule, depression, pendragon, personal, secret project No Comments

  I’ve been thinking a lot about story, and life, and how our choices define us lately. I suppose it’s not surprising, given everything that’s happened lately. We’re coming up…

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(writing) Working on a real schedule

By Val September 11, 2016 advent, depression 1 Comment

I’ve been kind of wallowing lately in my own depression. I’m very open with the fact that I have depression, and August was a terrible month. I lost two very…

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