May 24, 2010 Okay, so my husband and I were seated among friends at a school dinner the other night and the conversation between my friend and me went something like this: Her: So how do you get the ideas for your books? Me: (Stumped for a moment…after all, how do you describe the entire creative …
May 21, 2010 So we mozied over to the beach last night with the kidlets to see the sun set (which was conveniently obstructed by the marine layer of course), and I was reminded once again just how much I love the smell of the salty air and the sound of waves crashing against the dunes at …
May 19, 2010 Today was going to be a great day. A productive day. I had my usual to-do list, but today it was filled with computer-ish things: sell a couple things on eBay, balance the checkbook, order some party favors for our Girl Scout Party next month, upload some pics from my camera, and of course blog. Missing were …
May 17, 2010 What’s the deal with every agent under the sun requiring books to begin with extreme action or plot conflict within the first couple of pages? What happened to those wonderful books that eased us into the scenery and wove us through the complexities of history all the while keeping us wondering what …
May 14, 2010 I confess – sometimes when I’m flipping through writing magazines and journals, I’ll stop to read the ones titled THE 8 WRITING BLUNDERS YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE or THE 3 THINGS AGENTS DON’T WANT TO SEE – not to find tips to improve my writing necessarily. Usually it’s to make myself …
May 12, 2010 So my friend called the other day with a discipline issue concerning her 5 year old, and while we creative problem solved, it got me thinking about how I have handled these issues with my own kids. I’m what my children would call “chart obsessed.” The second a behavior or issue presents …
May 10, 2010 I read an article in Writer’s Digest the other day that really got me thinking…okay worrying. The article focused on the number of “stories” an author has in them and how generally speaking only 1 out of every 10 “stories” ever comes to fruition successfully. The vast majority, the writer suggested, get …
April 30, 2010 Okay, so where does time go? And why am I fighting this inevitable evolution of who I am – or who I need to be right now? I created this blog as a way to forge relationships with fellow writers – as a way to in essence “become” more cohesive and tied …
January 14, 2010 I’m ecstatic that my son got points taken off his last book report! Crazy right? Well, here’s what happened… My ten year old son had a complex book report to do (complex in the form of cutting poster board in the shape of a kite, with different sections for different aspects of …
October 27, 2009 Last weekend, I was out for a nice leisurely drive with my family and had a chance to just stare out the window for a half hour or so just taking in the scenery: the rocky brown terrain of inland Southern California as you climb gently over the recently burned out slopes …
