Bernadette Benda

Writer, Dancer, Artist

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  • Exciting news! (and yes, I’m still alive)

    We’re just gonna ignore the fact that I haven’t posted anything here since March (honestly I can’t remember a time I went that long without posting a blog) (Oh! And it’s my twelve year anniversary of being on WordPress!! *tosses confetti*) I just wanted to pop back in to say hi, that I’m alive and…

    BernadetteMichael

    May 26, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Ice that cake, baby

    Ice that cake, baby

    (What??!! A non Saturday Morning Post on Saturday??? What happened?? So, so many things. Just get over it.) Ah. It’s good to be back. *I lean back sipping my London fog and wondering who I am because whenever I go anywhere I always order a chai tea latte but what the heck* I once more…

    BernadetteMichael

    March 19, 2022
    writing
    creative nonfiction, creative writing, essay writing, nonfiction, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing advice, writing tips, writing…..
  • Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 63

    Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 63

    “In Februarywinter can sometimes lose her magicthe earth had stood frozen and coldand hard for nights and longer nightsand days and grey filled daysall the grass and all the dirt crunches beneath your salt-stained bootsand there is ice on the pavement and snow on top of itand snow and snow and snow” I wrote that…

    BernadetteMichael

    February 19, 2022
    Saturday Morning Post
    februray, musings, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing…..
  • Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 62

    Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 62

    I haven’t done one of these Saturday Morning Posts in a while. Originally, I was going to do a Wednesday post. I’m deep in the editing swamps, and I had a lot of “editing” thoughts on my mind, so I thought I would write something like, “things to look for when editing – including bilocating…

    BernadetteMichael

    February 12, 2022
    Saturday Morning Post
    books, musings, random, reading, slice of life, spring, writer, writers life, writing, writing advice, writing tips, writing…..
  • animal companions for your heroes and villains

    animal companions for your heroes and villains

    The only pets I’ve ever had were hamsters when I was a kid. Though I love them dearly, I do wonder if owning hamsters was more traumatizing than anything else. One of my go-to stress dreams is of hamsters running amok in the house and me desperately trying to contain them. Also the first hamster…

    BernadetteMichael

    February 2, 2022
    writing
    animal love, story inspiration, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing advice, writing ideas, writing inspiration, writing inspo, writing tips, writing…..
  • the romantic and the depressed

    the romantic and the depressed

    I decided to be super organized and actually planned out all my blog posts for the month of January, to ensure I would actually, you know, write blogs. However, I took one look at today’s topic, crumpled it, and hurled it out the window into the snow to freeze. I have thus arrived with no…

    BernadetteMichael

    January 26, 2022
    writing
    depressed writer, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing advice, writing tips, writing…..
  • Vibes and Aesthetics Only: Winter Edition

    Vibes and Aesthetics Only: Winter Edition

    So the northeast got a big dumping of snow a few days ago, which meant I received a big dumping of snow. Woke up Monday morning to the cars practically buried in the driveway, and when (thanks due to dad and the neighbor) I got on the highway, it was one lane that was vagueishly…

    BernadetteMichael

    January 19, 2022
    writing
    book aesthetics, novel ideas, story aesthetics, story ideas, winter vibes, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing aesthetics, writing inspiration, writing inspo, writing…..
  • My (hopefully) triumphant return

    My (hopefully) triumphant return

    Well, I’m back. Before I start this….is anyone listening?? It’s been so long I feel like I’m in an underground bunker, desperately manning the radio and sending out Morse code, hoping someone else survived the global nuclear meltdown. My last post was – good golly – on Oct 31st, appropritaly titled “I only come out…

    BernadetteMichael

    January 5, 2022
    Uncategorized, writing
    books, editing, reading, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing…..
  • I only come out during Halloween at midnight

    I only come out during Halloween at midnight

    (Once more I come back to apologize for not posting consistently. I also have dropped the ball on Instagram once again, but I have “thoughts” on that, and I also have like commented and….two people’s blog this month. Sorry guys. This year has been very wonky for me but that’s a whole other post.) I’m…

    BernadetteMichael

    October 31, 2021
    Uncategorized
    all hallows eve, autumn, Fall, halloween, memories, musings, nanowrimo, nanowrimo 2021, october vibes, preptober, thoughts, wrimos, writers life, writing
  • You never know what’s gonna happen: 6 years of NaNoWriMo

    You never know what’s gonna happen: 6 years of NaNoWriMo

    (I haven’t written a blog since October 6th??? Hahah, WHOOPS) Before we get into this, let’s do a quick recap: yes, I have been terribly absent from the blogsphere, and doing a not-to-good job at being consistent on Instagram, but I’m giving it my best shot, alright?? I have a lot of editing to do,…

    BernadetteMichael

    October 20, 2021
    writing
    autumn, Fall, nanowrimo, nanowrimo 2021, preptober, writer, writers, writers life, writing, writing a novel, writing books, writing life, writing…..
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