Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Peak Amygdala Jan 18, 2026

A Winter Escape

The weight of the world grew too heavy yesterday. No one cause—between news, the demands of daily life, and, well,…

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Peak Amygdala Jan 5, 2026

Marker coming into his own

2025–most precisely, the fall of 2025–is when Marker really started coming together under saddle. In part this was due…

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Peak Amygdala Dec 31, 2025

2025 was…a year

There are years that are great years, years that are bad years, and years that just…are years. 2025 was one of those.…

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Peak Amygdala Dec 28, 2025

A Change of Process

I’m one of the first out there to note that my writing processes have changed over time, and differ from book to book.…

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Peak Amygdala Dec 13, 2025

SARAH STEPHENS IS NOT YOUR AI GRANDMA

Some thoughts about digital personalities in my work (self-indulgent blather about my take on artificial digital beings,…

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Peak Amygdala Dec 9, 2025

Winter Ramblings with Horse

So far it’s been an open winter. We’ve had some snow, some frozen ground, but now things have warmed up a little bit,…

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Peak Amygdala Oct 30, 2025

Autumn and…another year goes by

It’s a labored truism that after you’ve lived a certain number of years, time seems to speed up rather than slow down…

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Peak Amygdala Oct 19, 2025

Building Trust

Two horse blogs in a row…wow! Not to worry, I’m working on an essay about an Ernest Haycox Western that I hope to get up…

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