Lunchtime. Yesterday. I made Hot Pockets for the kids and I. Nice change after eating soup all week with sick kids. So, got everyone’s pockets heated up, took mine out of the microwave, took a bite and holy schmuk! That bugger burned my lip! Note to self: Don’t eat Hot Pockets straight out of the [...]

Summer is now over. Kids are heading back school. And I’m back! Sorry for the long absence. I was participating in a challenge during the month of August and not really doing much writing. So, I took a break from this blog. Now that the challenge is over, I’ll be posting here again. You can [...]

Or maybe the rain . . . I have started writing this post 3 times now. And every time, something happens to steal my focus. Had a great title idea once. That’s gone. Had a great opening paragraph once. Gone too. Had an idea for the content of the rest of the post. And yeah, [...]

So much to do, so little time – as they say! I’m so sorry I’ve been gone so long! Normally I try to post here at least once or twice a week but I’ve been so busy lately, I nearly forgot about my blogs. I suppose that’s the hazards of life, eh? Or maybe it’s [...]

A while back, I joined a writing group but it seems that no matter how much I planned ahead, I was never able to make it to the meetings. So a few weeks ago, the gal who organized the group decided to cancel it. Apparently, not many of the others were ever able to make [...]

Ha! Just when I thought it was safe, that I’d worked out the other dilemma’s long enough to actually get some writing done, something else happens! And that happens to be . . . gardening. Yep – it’s time to plant the garden! I’ve been working on planning out what I want to do with [...]

Yesterday I mentioned my biggest challenge these days to writing but there’s also another dilemma . . . Clutter. No matter where I park myself and my laptop, it seems that there’s some kind of clutter. Now, I know that’s going to conjure up images that my house is messy and/or crammed full of junk, [...]

Here’s the dilemma – What I find most difficult is writing on the computer. I’m a paper and pen kinda gal and I find that the ideas and the thoughts and storylines all flow much better, much quicker when I put the pen to the paper. But . . . it’s hard to write with [...]

The world lost 2 legends this week. One, known mostly in the copywriting and marketing circle, Gary Halbert, passed away Sunday in his sleep. Known as the Prince of Print and affectionately called the shit weasel, Halbert left a mark on copywriting that won’t be easily filled. His blunt and outspoken style will be greatly [...]

When do you write? In the morning? Evening? During little snippets of time like when the kids are at soccer practice? Or in traffic to and from work? Where? Where do you write? The kitchen table? A desk in the corner of the living room? In an office? An office at home? The car? Backyard? [...]