Getting Real
I'm sooo NOT ready for break to end…
This break has been wonderful. I’ve hardly accomplished ANYTHING and I don’t care!!! I’m not ready to start back to the daily grind, the driving, the homeschooling, the teaching, the STRESS!!! So maybe I should pray for more snow and prolong the inevitable just a couple more days! Anyone with me?
Where Have I Been?
Off line, away from my computer, tending to the things of life like homeschooling, carting kids from activity to activity, and teaching creative writing two days a week. This year is the season of “no” for me. At least that’s the way I feel. No writing, no blogging, no socializing (not that I have many…
ACFW Revisited: Pensive and Humbled
I’m still processing all the wonderful and ambiguous things that happened at ACFW this year. Every ACFW has a different feel and every time I go, I have a different need. I’m a different person, a little further on my writing journey, but not necessarily closer to the finish line. This year I felt disconnected…
Motivation to Keep Writing
I had a nice chat with my agent this morning. He’s been working hard to sell my two stories and while there’s been a positive response to my writing, the stories haven’t been fits so far. After reworking one of them, we’re still hopeful and I’m looking to see if I can add a new…
Identity Crisis: When you’re Feeling Pulled
I’m not sure who I am any more, or more accurately, what I should be doing! Life is shifting gears with the onslaught of school and the inevitable scheduling changes. Our family is neck deep for the next three weekends reaping the fruit of our rehearsing labor with the productions of The Wizard of Oz.…
A Fear Overcome and A Dream Come True
…about thirty years late. But I guess it’s still a dream come true. When I was younger I loved being on stage in my high school plays, even if I was just in the background dancing, but I hated the auditions. It scared me to death. I never had a speaking part that was more…
Blogger vs. WordPress and John the Baptist
It’s been a year or two since I switched my blog from blogger to WordPress. The main reason I did it was so I could schedule my posts and not be a slave to my blog. I LOVED the schedule feature, but noticed I lost a lot of followers. Still, it made my life easier…
Jack of All Trades vs. Master of One
Is it better to dabble and excel in several things that you love or focus and commit to one talent, one discipline you’re not sure you want to spend the rest of your life doing, but you enjoy? That’s the dilemma Joey, my 12 year old, is facing. We just had an audition with a…
The Face of Divorce Sure has Changed!
Growing up, I was the only person I knew who parents were divorced. It was hard. I felt alienated, though no one specifically alienated me. I felt left out and different, growing up with a weekend dad. I felt abandoned… As I got older and started thinking about a family, divorce was never an option…
