An extra hour with snow is my kind of day!
An extra hour in the day – it can feel like a gift, those extra sixty minutes. If I have to admit to how I used my extra hour today, it’s probably the time I spent going outdoors…
Who are you going to be this year?
Play time in Monterey, CA The first full week of this New Year is coming to a close – how did the beginning of the New Year start out for you? Did you run at full steam,…
NaNoWriMo update – week 3
Are you getting tired of hearing about the month-long writing challenge yet? It will be over soon enough, but thankfully not for another week and a half because there’s still a lot I can get done. I’m…
Diligence & Discipline For Hire – 50,000 words required
It’s that time of year again…when many writers decide on whether or not they are going to take part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It can be a difficult decision to commit to and since my…
The tools I use as life shifts between busy, bad and beautiful
If you’re on Facebook, you might receive those posts reminding you of something that happened to you a number of years ago. Today, I was informed that I became friends with my aunt seven years ago…on Facebook,…
Gimme a break…
When you hear the phrase, gimme a break, it may bring a few things to mind: the memory of an old sitcom, a television commercial about a candy bar, or that instant reaction you have when something just…
Staying on track even if the train wants to derail
It’s almost the end of January…the first month of the New Year after many hopefuls made resolutions they hope to stick to with the idea that this year things will be different than the last. If you…
Help wanted – a magician to add more hours to the day
I used to want to be a personal assistant…and I always thought to myself, what fun it would be to become a personal assistant for some reclusive big-shot author (is Stephen King in the market?). Even though…
Making a list and checking it twice
I know…it’s not the holidays but lists to me are a part of life and lately, I need them more than ever to try to stay on track. Even more than that, I need a running list…
My best metaphor for writer’s block
It’s been two months since I had to do one of the most difficult things in my entire life…when I had to say goodbye to my dad. It’s been two long months. Some days it still seems…