It's been a wild month, and it's ironic that right before Halloween was my 13th episode. 

It's interesting when your body just doesn't want to listen to your nagging commands. Ultimately, the flesh wins out, and you are powerless to stop against its demand for your submission. 

That's how it has felt the last few weeks. Like my body was pinning me down, demanding that I stop everything, or I'd be locked in a choke hold. Well, I guess I didn't listen well enough. 

The result was several weeks of cessation. 

I stopped running, driving, cooking--every day normal things were not doable. So of course, Tizzy Wire suffered. 

With all that change, it gave me a lot of time to reflect on the next phase for Tizzy Wire, and what I want this all to be. Some of that is still in flux in my mind, but I realized that the weekly schedule was killing me, and that I wasn't really putting my best into it. And being a stubborn person, I was unwilling to face that fact until my head was being pressed into the sand.

So the outcome is this: Tizzy Wire is on hold, as far as major updates in 2018. The holidays are going to eat my life for the next month or so, and overdoing it at this stage is not an option for me anymore. 

However, TW is not over. I said a few weeks back that December was going to be a time for me to recoup and build out something more interesting for the new year, and I meant it. 

So let's take this as an evolutionary phase before the sun rises on the horizon of a new year. There is more to come. 

I feel like the real moments of truth happen at points where we are most vulnerable. I think it's because those are the times where we really have to push ourselves to explore new territory and are more open to the elements.

In the past few days, I've spent some time looking back at the major influences in my life that have impacted my music. The question that I've been left with is 'when will I have a major moment like that again?' I think the answer to that lies somewhere in a true moment of vulnerability. And in order to allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we need to have tremendous courage.

It's another quiet week at Tizzy Wire, mostly because my voice has been out of commission. Trying to get that back online so I can move the discussion forward. We managed to save the interview with our next guest--so all we need to do is finish the conversation!

Mostly updates this week on music progress, movies, and future guests for the show. 

More coming soon!

In my life, no matter what phase I might be going through, the things that inspire me usually stay the same. And by things, I mean the methods. In other words, I may grow in and out of styles or subjects, but how I find structure and grounding stays the same.

For me it's solitude, and unobserved 'musing.' It's hard for me to stay focused when there are outside distractions, but particularly when I want to find that kind of inspiration. Whether it's social media, school, work, friends, family, it doesn't matter--there is always a need for me to take a moment and remind myself where my perspective lies. I've grown to truly appreciate those moments more as I've gotten older.

If we aren't cultivating our perspectives, outside of external agendas, we can miss an imperative opportunity to bring our individuality forward. In art, and in anything, I think these moments are as essential as breathing.

Update: As a correction to the audio recording, our screening in the New Jersey Film Festival will take place on Sunday, September 8th.

In my life, no matter what phase I might be going through, the things that inspire me usually stay the same. And by things, I mean the methods. In other words, I may grow in and out of styles or subjects, but how I find structure and grounding stays the same.

For me it's solitude, and unobserved 'musing.' It's hard for me to stay focused when there are outside distractions, but particularly when I want to find that kind of inspiration. Whether it's social media, school, work, friends, family, it doesn't matter--there is always a need for me to take a moment and remind myself where my perspective lies. I've grown to truly appreciate those moments more as I've gotten older.

If we aren't cultivating our perspectives, outside of external agendas, we can miss an imperative opportunity to bring our individuality forward. In art, and in anything, I think these moments are as essential as breathing.

Update: As a correction to the audio recording, our screening in the New Jersey Film Festival will take place on Sunday, September 8th.

As I'm racing in between work, getting kids to bed, and eating that ceremonial bowl of ramen at 9PM, I have started to notice that adding a project on top of the standard regular life is a lot of work. Probably more work than I anticipated. And oddly enough, I haven't really minded.

I've loved every episode of this podcast, and it's been thrilling meeting and talking to people about the project, both on and off the show.

As I approached the last couple of weeks though, I realized that it was time to take a break. Just for a night--something that I haven't really allowed myself since I got started.

It's funny how often I would allow breaks in my day before, and they were always validated, but this one was hard for me. I didn't want to stop, but I truly had to. And it was glorious.

Sitting down and vegging on sweet potato chips and watching a classic 1930's film was just what the doctor ordered. My next day was fully refreshed with new ideas ready to go.

I had never really considered taking time off as a necessity, as this podcast seems like such a 'bonus' to my life. How can I validate time off from fun? But it is work, however much fun it can be. And even fun things can take it out of you.

That day off has given me time to think about the vision of this Tizzy Wire quest. Lots of ideas in the works. You just wait!

So remember when I said in the first episode that we would be talking about the movies that we make in this house? Well this is it! Welcome to our first (non-Dungeons & Dragons) episode with Charles Davis--the vision behind Chunkle Freaky's Movies.

Yes, that is the correct name for his company, and it perfectly fits the tone of all the things he creates. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the brain that is Charles Davis: Where he gets his muse, how he pumps out so much material, and how he started making films with no experience and no film degree. We also get into the dirty details of the ups and downs of the film festival scene.

If you've got an itch to create films, or just want to know what it's like to start from the ground up as a filmmaker, then be sure to tune in to our discussion.

Also, check out his latest film, 'Portal Man,' at the Newark Film Festival (New Jersey) this September.

You can find out more via his website at: chunklefreaky.com

Or try social media at: Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

So remember when I said in the first episode that we would be talking about the movies that we make in this house? Well this is it! Welcome to our first (non-Dungeons & Dragons) episode with Charles Davis--the vision behind Chunkle Freaky's Movies.

Yes, that is the correct name for his company, and it perfectly fits the tone of all the things he creates. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the brain that is Charles Davis: Where he gets his muse, how he pumps out so much material, and how he started making films with no experience and no film degree. We also get into the dirty details of the ups and downs of the film festival scene.

If you've got an itch to create films, or just want to know what it's like to start from the ground up as a filmmaker, then be sure to tune in to our discussion.

Also, check out his latest film, 'Portal Man,' at the Newark Film Festival (New Jersey) this September.

You can find out more via his website at: chunklefreaky.com

Or try social media at: Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

Back in the day, my husband and I made podcast series called Sci-Fi Radio Theater. Taking radio drama to the next step, one of the actors in that podcast has created her own radio drama--and the first episode is fantastic!

A World Where is a dystopian vision of Ani Ryder & HK Goldstein, and as of the end of September, all 8 episodes will be live. I say it over and over during the interview, but I just love the name 'A World Where.' The name fits well with the setting of episode one, and it's important to note that Ani does all of the writing, sound effects, and music in each piece. 

In the discussion, we cover everything, from Ani & HK's production process, the difficulties in producing a podcast on a limited budget, and the anxiety they feel about the world at large today. 

There maybe some spoilers inside here, so if you hate having stories revealed, go listen to episode one now! You can find out more about the project at aworldwhere.com, or on social media at worldwherepod (Twitter/Instagram/iTunes).

More details coming soon...