Last week I began a little experiment that I am going to try and keep doing in the new year -- an approach to writing more regularly. For whatever reason, I've discovered that if I start a habit just before January rolls around, then my New Years Resolution is that much easier to keep, because I've already [...]
This week I've been enjoying a lot of reading! My new Kindle Fire (2015 model) arrived last Saturday-- a Black Friday deal I picked up to replace my older model which died a couple of weeks ago. This meant, of course, that I spent the majority of the weekend re-downloading all of my favorite apps, [...]
On Sunday, my family began the holiday pastime of Advent, a liturgical tradition that my Catholic-raised father and Lutheran-raised mother introduced into my childhood and that carried over into my Catholic-Evangelical marriage. The Advent wreath, which is the center of our tradition's focus, has four candles, each lit on a successive week (until all four are [...]
Happy Thanksgiving weekend everybody! This season is always a time for gratitude and for me, I am never more grateful than when I am busily humming along through life with an agenda full of writing tasks to accomplish. Give me a step by step and I will chug along that track, even if they're still [...]
It's been a quiet week here, mainly just reading. I'm writing in an attempt to honor the weekly reviews that I promised. There's been no progress to speak of on my own writing although I have been slowly working on coordinating the November and December issues of my guild's literary magazine, and have attended a [...]
Well, it's been an eventful week full of surprises and you never know how a story will end. Sometimes, all you can do is hope for the best. In terms of writing, I still haven't sat down yet to begin my reviews. I did volunteer this week at a "Come Write In" hosted by one [...]
It's November folks, and I am so relieved. After this week, the election will be over which means that family time will no longer be interrupted by pollsters and campaigners and commercials galore. I've rediscovered a love for pumpkin spice steamers and candles that smell like fallen leaves. My desk at work has become a [...]
A much-belated post covering where I've been and what I've been up to for the past few weeks. More details to be included in the November 2016 post (coming later today hopefully)... I spent most of the week of 10/24-10/30 (Week 8) on prepping the guild's newsletter for the beginning of the month push. Part [...]
Lest I break the chain, this weekend is six weeks into my posting a review of any writing-related activities going on. To be completely truthful, it's been an eventful week, but not exactly writing-related: a wedding, a birthday party, and a wedding shower for another couple. I did attend (briefly) the St. Louis Press Expo [...]
This week I had the opportunity to be 'watchful' (like this little guy) as I responded to a jury summons in my local county and got to witness some of the judicial process at work. I also picked up some useful tips that you may find helpful too. Did you know that in some (if [...]
