Feb 24, 2012 | The Life Less Ordinary
Happy Friday, Dear Readers. Let’s face it: life can be very hard, and it can be cruel. Sometimes even the day-to-day routine of paying bills, cleaning the house, driving the kids to a gazillion different places, and putting in your time at a day job can wear you...
Feb 23, 2012 | The Writing Life
February has been a great month for my little writer’s group. A publishing company just offered our romance writer a contract, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. A close friend warned me that once I was published, my life would change…and not...
Feb 22, 2012 | The Life Less Ordinary
One of the most inspiring things you can do as a writer is take public transit. No, really. Anyone who has traveled by bus, subway, or train on a regular basis knows that you come across the most interesting people and situations. The other day, I overheard a...
Feb 17, 2012 | The Writing Life
Happy Friday, Dear Readers! I have a confession. I suck at morning pages, for one simple reason. You’re supposed to write them in the morning, when you first wake up. I always plan to get up earlier. I also plan to go to bed before it’s the following...
Feb 16, 2012 | The Writing Life
A woman approached me at a Christmas party. I’d never met her before, but she told me she’d seen my byline in the Free Press, a paper I’d started writing for almost twenty years ago. Then she cut to the chase: “I’d like to freelance, too....
Feb 15, 2012 | The Life Less Ordinary
I have a co-worker that I absolutely adore, in part because of the way she makes me laugh. After having lunch with her, my sides ache and my stomach hurts. As painful as this sounds, laughing that hard is a bright spot in my day, and when she isn’t around,...
Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Readers! So, what do you think of Valentine’s Day? Do you love it, hate it, or are you on the fence? Do you turn up your nose and sneer that it’s a “Hallmark Holiday”, or do you jump at the chance to come up...
Feb 13, 2012 | The Writing Life
Hi everyone, I’m sorry that, once again, my posts on this blog have been sporadic. Originally, I started this blog for two reasons: to inspire me to write again, and to track my progress as I prepared to fight in the ring. I thought it might be interesting to...
Jan 23, 2012 | The Writing Life
One of the great things about writing a paranormal mystery is that I can justify researching ghosts. Reading about them, watching horror movies–it’s all good. I spent a lot of this weekend reading supposedly non-fiction accounts of hauntings–and...
Jan 20, 2012 | The Writing Life
Welcome back, Dear Readers. If you believe that there are no coincidences, you’ll love the fact that in a low moment at work, when my computer was down, I stumbled across a book by Julie Cameron in the Museum’s Unintentional Book Club (I’ll explain...
