Organzing my Year Part 1-Craft with a Capital C

Like gazillions of people around the globe I want to start 2015 off better. Better than I was before. Better… stronger… faster… Like the six million dollar writer. Huh. I wish. Though resolutions are often sneered at, Chuck Wendig, writer extraordinaire, puts it...

Craziness, Juggling and a Blanket Apology

Velvet Undercover is almost in the books so to speak and I have thrown my energies behind Fall River, my latest adult novel. I’m hoping to have that finished by mid December so my agent and I can revise it and get it out to editors come January. Then I’ll...

Time Management

I’m doing a time tracking exercise for my college course. What I’ve discovered: Time management isn’t an issue because I aint got no time to manage. Take away my hour of collapse time with wine and a book or TV at the end of the day and I’m...

Word of the Day: Keepsake

Keepsake: Something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event I have a hope chest full of keepsakes of both my own childhood and my children’s. My father made me the chest when I was a teen and it is one of my most treasured belongings, along...

Word of the Day: Juncture

Juncture: A particular, and often important, moment in time. I was having a conversation with a dear friend, who, after many years of serving her family, is making major life changes and trying to figure out what it is that truly fulfills her. My advice ? Be careful...