image source I've been working on a novel for about a year (a gothic romance, working title The Architect and the Heir ). It's going...

It's that time of year again, when a flip of the calendar has me looking back at what Ive accomplished and what I want to accomplish bef...

Summer is here! As I write this, I've been on summer vacation for (checks watch--remembers I don't have one and checks phone) 1....

I'm in a slow period at the moment, so far as writer productivity. But I can see relief on the horizon. It's only a month or so no...

I'm home sick today. And, yes, I'm actually sick. I've been sicker, but I'm definitely not well enough to handle 150 mid...

May is not my favorite month. This might be a side effect of my day job (teaching middle school), but this month is always a struggle. I...

Just a few more days until Illogicon 2017 ! For those not in the know, Illogicon is a small convention dedicated to Science Fiction in all...

December has been my least productive writing month in years (literally three years). I'm hoping that this is just because the months be...

Writing is a solitary endeavor in a lot of ways. Maybe that's why writers reach out to each other so much: for moral support, technic...

Generally speaking, I am a decisive person. I make a goal, a plan to get there, and I see it through. This is not to say that my goals ar...

Goals are vital in writing, both for the writer and the characters. I've written on other occasions about the Magic Spreadsheet , a...

So, my writing life has undergone a lot of change in the past month. It's been positive ( book contract! ), but it's requirin...

The little one and I went to sign up for summer reading at our library today.  We don't need a special program to read, especially not h...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/rabbit2.jpg?_sm_au_=isVHLDFJTMPWkQZt So, it's testing season. When the teachers and students feel ...

We sure do love to complain, don't we? We get together and kvetch about our jobs, bellyache about our children, or grump about the sta...

Today was a beautiful spring day. The kind full of the promise summer and long hours full of fun and freedom. The kind I remember from chi...

I've been daydreaming a lot about being wealthy lately.  In my daydreams, I am Nora Charles (from the Thin Man movies), off adventuring ...

Contemporary family life is a lot of balancing (hence the name of my blog: Balancing Act). Me time. We time. Focused time with each child. A...

March is a well named month, I think. It's the month where I have to keep putting one foot in front of the other like a good soldier a...