Don't Mess With Me
Living in the eye of the storm this week. I'm doing it all: nursing sick kids and husband while doing my best to stay healthy, supporting a sister who's facing troubling challenges in her life,...
View ArticleWhat's Up With Me (?)
I'm a Libra, and for me, life is all about balance. I'm in constant pursuit of it, off-kilter when I don't achieve it, and of the mind that true success comes with it. So, here's how elusive balance...
View ArticleReminder for the Gentle Soul
Pillow Cover by textile artist Chloe Owens Your work needs to be independent of others' work. You must not compare yourself to others. No one can help you. You have to help yourself. Criticism leads...
View ArticleFast Forward
Life moves forward at break-neck speed, and last week was no exception. (Kelly Rippa and her co-host today Carson Kressley just informed me April is Stress Awareness Month. I don't need a movement...
View ArticleWeekend in the Water
A great weekend is one when you chip away at your bucket list, coming one step closer to checking off a life goal. I had one of those weekends. And it was fab-U-lous. With my husband, I participated...
View Article"Fabric" by Jessica Bell -- Check It Out!!
Today I'm celebrating the release of Jessica Bell's new poetry collection, Fabric ... Wait! Please don't close the tab at the the mention of poetry! Trust me, just watch the trailer and then read a...
View ArticleRemember when...?
My fourteen-year-old son was born into a comfortable world of modern conveniences. His parents have always driven their own cars, carried their own telephones, and possessed their own personal...
View ArticleLife's a Beach
It'd been five years since we'd vacationed on Cape San Blas, a narrow peninsula that points its finger away from the Florida panhandle and out into the Gulf of Mexico. Coming back to one of our...
View ArticleNo Longer (New Poem For the Broken-hearted)
No Longer It’s over, this day and a lifetime of love; of love I have known nothing but his tender goodbyes. Hello! Hollow sound drowned by the roar of the surf, Solitary footprints in the sand...
View ArticleMary Sue, I Can't Stand You!
Artwork by ~Neeja at DeviantArt.com "Mary Sue" (or her male counterpart, "Marty Stu" or "Gary Stu") is a character who is perfect in nearly every measurable way. She is drop-dead gorgeous, amazingly...
View ArticleIt's In The Mail
September 6, 2012 Dear Blogger Friends, I used to write letters. I guess we all did, right? As a society, I mean. Back before...
View ArticleMormon Diaries
It's my pleasure today to promote Sophia Stone's autobiographical essay collection, Mormon Diaries. It is a personal and honest story of one woman's faith crisis, and the journey she took to find...
View ArticleI Shouldn't Be Alive
Two scuba divers surface in open ocean to find the dive boat has left them behind, miles from shore. ~~ On a ski vacation, a father and his eight-year-old son are caught in an alpine storm and find...
View Article5 Tips to Create a Writer's Retreat at Home
A typical item on every Writer's Bucket List is "Attend a Writer's Retreat." In a perfect world each one of us would be granted time away from jobs and household responsibilities for a couple days...
View ArticleDance on Fire Sequel Released Today
The wait is over for fans of horror author James Garcia, Jr. Today, the sequel to his popular 2010 debut novel Dance on Fire is released. Heroes and villains we loved and hated -- and loved to hate --...
View ArticleHappy Halloween!
A little poem for your Halloween enjoyment! I'm A Vegetarian Vampire By Nicole DucleroirI’m a vegetarian vampireCursed with eternal lifeRoaming the night in search of foodI can cut with a butter...
View ArticleSemicolon: Old-School or Archaic?
I'll admit it; I am fond of the semicolon. Some may accuse me of sounding like an old-school grammarian, but I hold the English language and all the grammatical rules that govern it in high regard....
View ArticleShow & Tell in a Nutshell
Click to add me to Goodreads! Have you been told there's a little too much telling in your novel? Want to remedy it? Then this is the book for you! In Show & Tell in a Nutshell: Demonstrated...
View ArticleNa-NOW WHAT-Mo
December is Na-Now What?-Mo National Novel Writing Month is nearly over. For marathon writers everywhere, the end of November cues a collective sigh of satisfied relief. The rigid, daily ritual of...
View ArticleBest of Vine Leaves Anthology 2012
Today launches an exciting anthology of micro-fiction and poetry, the creative brainchild of authors Jessica Bell and Dawn Ius. The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012 is a wholly unique...
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