Monthly Archives: September 2016

I cannot believe how fast this month has gone! It’s September 30, which means I’m doing a quarterly audit today. It’s the most important audit of the year, in my opinion, because it’s the home stretch. It’s also incredibly frustrating, because I’m trying to squeeze writing time among all the craziness. But the year’s beenContinue reading “A Third Quarter Writing Update”

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We’ve talked all the live long month about submissions. A few times we’ve touched in rejection letters as an unavoidable eventuality. I stand by this, they are unavoidable. I promise, if you’re hoping for universal love, you will be sadly disappointed, my friends. I’ve never hated rejection letters, though.…

Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association. Source info for this post comes from the same. It’s Banned Books Week! Are you excited? I love Banned Books week because it gets us all talking about censorship. For those of you who don’t live in the US we’re pretty particular about freedom of speech. We argueContinue reading “Banned Books Week, 2016”

I’ll be the first to admit that I have a problem with bloggers. I’m kind of obsessed with some of them. My two favorites, Marketing Creativity and Boho Berry are especially fun because they read each other’s blogs, so are often talking about the same topic. Last year around this time, Marketing Creativity did aContinue reading “My 17 Before 2017 List”

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Today’s Prompt: Think about an event you’ve attended and loved. Your hometown’s annual fair. That life-changing music festival. A conference that shifted your worldview. Imagine you’re told it will be cancelled forever or taken over by an evil corporate force. So, this is ironic, because there’s a chance that’s actually…

I love meditation! Especially this time of year I need that time to just quiet my brain, or I will lose my cool on someone who doesn’t deserve it. Probably my husband. But some days meditation can be hard for me. I have Adult ADD and anxiety, which sometimes makes it really hard for meContinue reading “Alternative Meditation”

Everyone’s busy, let’s just get that out of the way right now. Parents, college students, people with full time jobs. It doesn’t matter what you do with your life, you’re busy. Everyone gets it. And yet, everyone can’t stop telling people how busy they are! We talk about it all the time on social media,Continue reading “Self Care Bragging”

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On day four, you wrote a post about losing something. Today’s Prompt: write about finding something. So, I’m supposed to relate this post to the one in which I lost something, which can be found here. Alright, I lost that very important box of things the day that my…

I’m back! Did you miss me? Did anything exciting happen during the week I was gone? Before my vacation week, I was already in full blown holiday planning mode. Not surprisingly, I still am. It’s already September 12th, and I’m not really sure how that freaking happened. Now, if you’re trying to be a fullContinue reading “Saving Money During The Holidays”

It’s finally September! I love this time of the year more than any other time. There’s all sorts of good things to look forward to, all the good horror movies are on tv, the holidays are just a breath away. But it’s also the craziest time of the year at my house. Here’s a listContinue reading “Keep Writing During The Holidays”