Good morning and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a grand weekend. We here in the frigid northeastern portion of the United States are bracing for a winter storm. It is, afterall, technically still winter. Of course the way Mother Nature has been careening through the seasons like a pinball trapped in an arcade…
Month: March 2017
When You Have No Words
As writers we all face the dreaded “writer’s block”. There are billions of words of advice that teach us how to find the perfect words for our masterpieces. What happens when we need the words for someone else? Every week, every day there are stories of tragedy in the news and for most of us,…
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way… to the Blog
We’ve been bringing you all bits and pieces of our lives, our writing, our creative processes FOUR days a week for almost a year now. Our very first “assigned” blog posts went up the last week in March 2016. Celebrating a Little Victory, Fitbit So OWES Me, It Sounded Like a Good Idea Some weeks…
It Ain’t For Sissies
Me, when I found in my mail this past week…my Medicare card. It doesn’t kick in until June, but talk about adding insult to injury. There I am gathering up accumulated mail with one hand because the other’s still in a sling* and there is the fat envelope with the “Welcome to Medicare” pamphlet and…
It’s Only Words
Good morning and Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was spent relaxing and recuperating. The most productive thing I did for two days (other than producing Saturday’s blog post) was to get my hair cut (which was sorely needed). The good news is that I feel good! Yay for antibiotics! Better living through pharmacology…
My View From the Summit
Summit: noun 1.the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object;top; apex. 2.the highest point of attainment or aspiration:the summit of one’s ambition. 3.the highest state or degree. 4.the highest level of diplomatic or other governmental officials: a meeting at the summit. summit meeting. Last month, I tried to do a “free” summit on book marketing, with a focus on self-publishing and publishers. It consisted of seven days of five to six webinars per day, all lasting for an hour each – more or less. Plus, there was a pre-seminar…
Happy Birthday Dr.Seuss #WorldBookDay
March 2 is officially the day we celebrate the two occasions, I’m sure the good Dr will forgive the delayed remembrance. I don’t remember my first Dr. Seuss book, but I remember vividly my kids’ favorites. I asked facebook friends what they were reading on World Book Day and then went digging on Goodreads –…
My New Normal?
Good morning and Happy…Thursday? I’m completely discombobulated by the fact that today is not Monday. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) If it were Monday I’d have told you about the fab Oscar party I went to and how well I did on my ballot and, hey, what about that ending?! Instead, though, we…