A Game Plan for Your Goals

Most of us have goals. Some are simple like not eating the pastries some well-meaning (evil?) person leaves in the break room. Some are more complex like launching a publishing career. One of my friends has a goal to lose weight (I think most of us do, but she’s...

En-Gauging your audience

I was driving one of the teenagers at work to an appointment recently. We were chatting and having a good conversation. She was talking about the popularity of piercings and tattoos and while that isn’t exactly my area of expertise I thought I was doing okay....

Just for Fun–Friday Quotes

Okay, let’s be honest. Who wouldn’t like to be quoted? For saying something clever, of course, not those foot-in-mouth comments family members somehow remember much more clearly than your birthday or that you won’t eat eggplant. Ever. So until...

The Perils of the Writer's Life

A new study links excessive sitting with premature death. Yikes. Let’s see. I mostly sit at a computer at work. I come home and sit to write. I sometimes sit and watch TV with my husband. I sit and read when I have free time. I even sit in church! Oh sure, I...

Persistence Pays Off

Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors. I especially love Dandelion Wine. When I was in high school, I adored short stories and read many of Bradbury’s. Whether you appreciate science fiction or not (I’m not usually a fan, but he’s so much more...

Thoroughly Modern Jane

I love Jane Austen’s books. I’ve read them over and over and over. I’ve read spinoffs, modern interpretations and just about anything else Austenesque (except the zombie books–I mean, really). I’ve watched the movies and loved some and...