I’m using this opportunity to continue my goal of streamlining my life with a focus on my writing goals. So today I’m proud to unveil a little of what I’ve been up to. I have joined a group of writers of middle grade children’s books to create a unique blog and website focused on the golden age [...]
Archive for the ‘books’ Category
26 Apr
Practicing what I’m preaching!
I’ve been gone but I’m not apologizing! I’ll tell you why. Since I’ve started writing about the work/life balance conundrum, I’ve taken a little time to be reflective. Very little time since the end of the school year, plus multiple soccer teams, concerts, school events have thrown a wrench into my barely functioning schedule. But [...]
28 Feb
Never Stop Learning
My brain is tired. This week I’ve been continuing my Winter Read Out (supposed to be a word play on White Out btw). Last night, I stayed up too late reading BLOOD BROTHERS by S.A. Harazin. I plan to stay up too late finishing it tonight. I feel like I’ve been seeping my brain in excellent writing, [...]
26 Feb
Winter Read-Out Update
I’m sure that all of blogdom has been waiting to hear how my read-out is going. Wait no longer! (cue trumpet) The update is here. This kind of reminds me of the scene in “The Jerk” when Steve Martin runs around yelling “the new phonebooks are here!” But now I just dated myself and became [...]
18 Feb
Mummified Remains aka What We’re Reading Now
I’m on my way out of town this evening (Chicago!) so I won’t be posting again until next week. I’m having a weekend out of town with my best friend. A Mom’s escape. Ahhh . . . So my reading goal was limited as I’ve tried to get ready to go, but I’ll have uninterrupted time (what’s that?) [...]
15 Feb
Winter Read-Out
To the left is a picture of my kids sledding the drift that reaches the top of the eight foot privacy fence in our backyard. It had started to melt, but today, a new storm drifted more of the white stuff to the top of the fence. Again. Hooray. (That’s sarcasm if you missed it) Since the [...]
27 Jan
What We’re Reading
My plan is to periodically update the blog with what we are reading. “We” includes me and my 14,12, 8 and 5 year old sons. If hubby is reading something cool, I might throw that in. I’m going to use a three thumbs system because sometimes you just need an extra thumb. Three thumbs up–Love It! [...]
21 Jan
Up the Down Staircase
When I was in high school, I had the lead in our high school’s production of UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE which is more ironic than anyone but me will ever know. UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE is a play based on a book by Bel Kaufman (and was published the year I was born–another irony). The [...]
