As of yesterday evening, I am a winner in 2013 NaNoWriMo. For those not in the know NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month, o...

Chuck Wendig is one of my favorite writing-bloggers.  For the next few weeks, he's got some of us playing a game of Telephone .  A wri...

 So, Chuck Wendig is having an interesting Flash Fiction Challenge over at terribleminds.com . The idea is to write 200 words, the...

Dear Husband, Your writer wife stayed at home with the kids while you were away, so there are a few things you should know. That is no...

There are two kinds of people in this world: Greasers and Socs. Which one are you? The terms come from S.E. Hinton's novel The O...

Friday has gotten complicated around here.  The Mom is exhausted from a week of mom-ing and teaching and would like to sit on the couch ...

Like many women (and men, too), I wear a lot of hats in my life. I'm a wife, mother, sister, and daughter. I'm a teacher. I'm ...