I’ve had a lots of changes that have taken us back to Ohio (cue Chrissy Hines). Life’s been crazy busy but you can still find me at www.fromthemixedupfiles. That’s where I spend most of my blogging energy. I’m still writing and getting closer and closer to the next step with every submission. I’m thankful for [...]
Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
2 Nov
The Neglected Blog
If you’ve happened upon this little corner of cyberspace, you may have found my dust-covered, yellowed blog. This is still a great place to get a feel for who I am and what I write so feel free to take a moment and look around. It’s short and sweet and not very complicated–which is a [...]
9 May
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Me and Never Asked
I have some exciting writing news coming up and a crazy life right now, so I am revisiting a couple of old “about me” type posts over the next week. I didn’t sell a book, but good writing news isn’t always about book sales. It’s also about generating excitement for the children’s books we love. My upcoming news fits [...]
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 Mar
Microwaves, Playdoh, Slinkys and Post-it notes
I’ve been out of town for spring break and since I’m taking my own advice about balancing life and writing, I haven’t posted. But now I’m back and still thinking about my ongoing struggle with trying to fit 30 hours of tasks into a 24 hour day. Last post, I cited an article that noted [...]
15 Mar
Procrastination: Breaking Down an Overwhelming Task
I was looking for some information on procrastination and came across this article. I like the author’s analysis of the eleven causes of procrastination, but I think there could be more information about things that one can do to overcome the problem. I say this as an expert in procrastination. In fact, I could procrastinate indefinitely by [...]
14 Mar
Time Management (and where does the time go?)
Time for an update on my Winter Read-athon. The snow is not fully melted, but is 90% gone, so I’m calling this experiment in reading efficiency complete. Since I first decided to challenge myself to increasing my reading on 2/15/2010, I have read twelve books (nine MG, two YA, 1 adult). But my experiment also [...]
4 Mar
Does your day job help or hurt your writing? Part One
Back in school, one of the tasks I had to do was called a “Pie of Life.” Pretty simple concept. Draw a large circle and divide it into three. One section is work. One section is play and one section is self-care. You were supposed to sort your daily activities into these categories by the amount [...]
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 [...]
