So you finished off the last paczki and feasted on all of your favorite food and drink in anticipation of jump starting your diet on Ash Wednesday and getting back on track with your New Year’s resolution to lose weight. What’s wrong with that? Isn’t God all about second chances? Here’s your opportunity to give […]
Read MoreDo your mornings in Lent ever sound like this? “I was thinking I’d make spaghetti for dinner.” “Oh.” “What’s wrong?” “I can’t put Parmesan cheese on the spaghetti.” “No, you can’t.” No response. “So, does that mean we can’t have spaghetti until Lent is over?” Again no response. We’ve had this discussion before. We’ve only […]
Read MoreWhen the Roe vs. Wade court case was decided, I was in high school. I remember discussing the decision with a friend. Part of my friend’s argument was that they weren’t asking for abortion on demand, just for limited situations, such as when the mother’s life was in danger or cases of rape. It was […]
Read MoreWhen I set my writing goals for 2016, I said I would go back and set stretch goals for these. When I attempted to do so, I found resistance. My heart wasn’t in it. The goals I have already set are challenging yet manageable. I have no inclination to stretch them beyond this. It’s not […]
Read More“When you write your goal, rewrite it just a little bigger.” Kristen Lamb My writing goals for 2015 were simple and doable: To continue writing, both fiction and non-fiction. To explore audiobooks. To write a Kindle series. To become profitable. I’ve been fairly successful at completing these. I have continued writing. I’ve written and self-published […]
Read MoreI found it harder to get into NaNoWriMo this year than the last. It wasn’t until the third week that I hit my stride and started making significant progress. And then I had to go several days beyond the end of November to finish my novel. Why? I asked myself. Why was it so much […]
Read MoreThis past weekend, as many of you know, I participated in a writing marathon, or write-a-thon, “Go Green-Go Write!” The venue was wonderful, the press room of Spartan Stadium. They had drinks and snacks a plenty and other food options to purchase. There were a lot of interesting people and the press room has probably […]
Read MoreSix Reasons I Love being a Writer! I can soak in a tub and have it count as work time as I mull over plot, characters and more. I can go for long bike rides as I work on plot ideas, character development and clear my head. I get to sit in McDonalds or coffee […]
Read MoreNext week NaNoWriMo begins! I’ll be busy trying to write 50,000 words on the third book in my Dancing Through Life Series, A Slow Waltz. While participating in National Novel Writing Month, I won’t be doing my usual blog posts, however I will attempt to entertain you with pictures from my recent trip to Ireland! […]
Read MoreI’ve been called the queen of goal setting in the past. Yes, I love to set goals, almost as much as I love making lists. And I take great pleasure in looking at those goals to see which ones I have completed and can cross off my list. As I mentioned last week, I’ve been […]
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