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Give Yourself a Break and Live Right Where You Are
I started a post I never published called “I’m Breaking All the Rules” with these words. Everyone says if you want to succeed, you need to focus. Focus your time. Focus your energy. Focus your goals. Focus your brand. And I get that, I really, really do. However, focus has been one thing I’ve struggled…
The Thing is, You have to Really Want to Change
Change doesn’t have to be something you fear. It is all in your perspective. It can actually be a blessing. I have been through so much change these last 5 years, so much so the thought of changing from my Samsung to an iPhone scared me. What would the learning curve be? Would it be…
FREE novel writing course for 2017
Sometimes the Best Ideas Come at the Last Minute.I wasn’t planning on doing any big teaching event this year. I worked hard in 2016 launching my new website and promoting my writing and homeschool classes. I made new friends, taught awesome students, and had some success. I gave it my all, and it just wasn’t enough to make…
Life Redefined and Project Possibility
New beginnings. That’s where I’m at in my life and career. I’m rethinking the old and realizing the past does not define who I am. All my past failures, mistakes, mishaps don’t matter. They’re in the past. All I have is now, and what I do NOW will determine my future. So I choose to…
Reflections on my BirthEve: A Year From Today Will Be My Past
The last few years have been filled with pain, letting go, and healing. But nothing has been more freeing than the last tumultuous year. On my birthEve, I wanted to reflect on my growth and share some of the important lessons I’ve learned. In no particular order: Trust your gut; sometimes first impressions are dead…
The Divorce I Never Saw Coming…
Taken from my Facebook profile: October 18, 2016 This is not an easy post to write, since I kept things private for so long, but I felt I needed to be authentic and vulnerable since you, my friends, have seen my ups and downs on Facebook, and might have wondered why. You encouraged me with…
I Hear Voices
Too many voices tell me what to do. How to act. Who to be. I am overwhelmed. “That’s not good enough.” “Who do you think you are?” “No one cares about you.” “No one wants you.” Soon the voices become my own , and I’m not sure what is the truth and what is the…
Teen Writers Publish Podcast – For Teens and Writers Who Write for Teens
Those of you who listen to the Teen Writers Publish! podcast will be happy to hear that we’re pushing forward with a new season. Ron and I have been discussing whether or not we should continue. He took a new job, I’m looking for a full-time job. He got signed with a literary agent for…
Where is the Nostalgia for My Past?
Sometimes I take a look back over my shoulder and wait for nostalgia, for some emotion to rise. I see things that have changed in my life and things that have not changed for others who are in, or were in my life. I think about my past. Things I used to have like the…
Discover Your Temperament and Be Yourself
This summer I had the privilege of teaching my “Discover Your Temperament” classes to an inquisitive Beaver who always had to know what was happening next, an adorable Otter who always wanted to do what was next, and a Dog who at first I thought was a Lion. These three K-2nd graders stole my heart…