Merry Christmas! I wish you hope in your heart, a book in your lap, and love all around you. But if it all feels too much for you right now, take a deep breath, take a walk, take a nap. It will be over soon. Peace and blessings to you and your family. Until next…
Do you live in an area of the world where you get snow this time of year? Do you love it? I don’t live in such a place…which is why I’m daydreaming over the three photos below. I’m not one much for writing exercises, but I could get lost in these pictures, spinning tales in…
We’re just about halfway through the month. How’re you doing? I hope, hope, hope that you’re having a jolly time, celebrating the good in your life, sending love and blessings to anything not-so-good that is out of your control. Where is your focus? Where are you giving your time? I stumbled over this quote again…
I hope you had a pleasant and memorable (for all the right reasons) Thanksgiving. I love when there’s an extra week of November between Thanksgiving and December. You don’t have to hit the ground running after Thanksgiving. It’s like a bonus week. Comforting Things: Do you have any comfort books or movies or foods that…
Wherever you are, I hope that Spring is springing up around you in a beautiful way. We’ve been graced with several days of sunshine. Yippee! So, I’ve been blogging (a bucket list item, btw) since February 2022. When I first started out, I couldn’t pinpoint my audience. Am I writing for kids, parents, writers, teachers?…
Forty-two. That’s how many days are left in 2023. If you didn’t trash your new year’s goals by mid-January,how are you doing? Are you still batting them around like a cat with a mouse? If you’ve got some things on your list that still need to be done, the good news is, you’ve got 42…
I’m a big fan of inspirational quotes. The snippets always seem so wise, plucked from their context and spotlighted—no matter who says them. I’ll take my wisdom and inspiration from anywhere I can find it. If I were to read a quote by Bozo the clown I’d probably be awestruck. Okay, so I just looked,…
My sister loved Halloween. She loved to be scared. I find it ironic that she was diagnosed with one of the scariest diseases: ovarian cancer. But, in a weird twist, I wonder if her love of scary things (scary books, scary movies) actually helped her when it came to dealing with cancer. She knew that…
You say you’ve always wanted to write? As I said before, Bucket List items are not to be trifled with. Tick tock. If you want something, make your plan, do your plan, get it done. Last week, I introduced you to the “Alice in the Wonderland” writing method. This week, I’ll fall a little further…
I keep thinking about the statistic that 80% of Americans want to write a book. Is that you? If so, I have a simple way to help you get started. I call it the Alice-in-Wonderland method and there are only two steps. Step 1: You need to just get something down on paper, out of…
