Posts
The dream continues
PART TWO of When the dream’s big enough (Part One here) After I wore the first layer of skin off my pointer finger jabbing numbers on the cell phone to announce my new agent-ness, I allowed myself to just, well, soak in the absolute blessed luxury of the experience. The most amazing aspect of it…
Go Pets Vacation Island by Nintendo DS
My kids would be game fanatics if I let them. But I’m the game gestapo and limit my kids’ game time during the school year to the weekends and only 30 minutes a day! Yes, you read it right. I got sick of hearing the arguing and complaining about brothers hogging the games and playing…
Summer Savings Ideas #3
Don’t let your cash get away from you this summer. Join me Saturdays here at Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted and get a grip on your cash flow and start sharing your savings ideas. I don’t know about you, but I’m appalled at how quickly gas is rising, so I’m on a mission to think of…
Fossil Hunter by John Olson
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! You never know when…
Hooking your Reader…week 4! Starting on the RUN
Ack! Susan May Warren back after a two week OOPs! where I woke in the middle of the night going…uh oh, I forgot to blog on WI!! Just to catch us up…we were chatting last month about HOOKING your reader. We talked about: StakesHero/Heroine identificationAnchoring – So – let’s voyage on. Our 4th component to…
Excuse Me if I Wax
I’ve been waxing philosophical lately. I’m thinking deep thoughts of intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, reflecting on eternal truths and life lessons. It’s the kind of thing that happens when you reach a major milestone in life. You see that mile marker coming toward you and suddenly you want to turn around and look back at…
Tidbits with Timmy
During Timmy’s birthday month I’m going to share some fun tidbits about my easy going, sensitive third born child! June 2005 Did you ever have one of those moments with your kids…you know the ones you wish would never end? Well, tonight after the hubby gave Timmy his bath we got to read and snuggle…
We’re Going to Orlando!
You might already know, but we’re going to Orlando and I’ll be at ICRS for a couple of days. We just did Disney last year so we don’t want to do that again. We’re thinking of Sea World which has an awesome deal right now buy tw0 tickets at $57 get two free! And then…
The Power of a Conjunction: but
Have you ever thought about the power of a conjunction? A conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses. It builds bridges between words, pathways linking words that may have otherwise never been united. One of my favorite popular and powerful conjunctions is but. A sentence can skip along in one direction, then with the addition of…
Week Highlights So Far!
Sunday: Finally got around to having Grace’s birthday party. She wanted a pool party, so we invited a large crew to fill up the big swim school pool. Swim went great, but craming 30 kids and a dozen parents into small room, not so good! First time I didn’t get to take home cake (1/2…