Family

And a Happy Thanksgiving, It Was

November 25, 2011
Thumbnail image for And a Happy Thanksgiving, It Was

This meal went SO WELL. Oh, oh, oh yummmmmm. Dear husband has an onion allergy, so we were determined to make this feast onion-free and full of flavor.

We succeeded. :D Husband is brilliant. So is housemate-slash-artist Celine from purpletophat.com.

Read the full article →

Writing Links Roundup

September 9, 2011
Thumbnail image for Writing Links Roundup
Grandma, dancing at her 95th birthday party.

Grandma, dancing at her 95th birthday party.

Not a lot of time to post today! I’m working on my trunk novel, tweaking websites for various awesome authors, and preparing for the Big Family Meeting at the end of September. Grandma’s memorial service is going to be a rough time, emotionally. We’re going to Lake Carmel, which her husband built (my grandfather was one of “the Smadbeck Brothers”), and where her heart really was.

Read the full article →

2011, Here We Come

December 31, 2010
Thumbnail image for 2011, Here We Come

I’d say 2010 was long and tiring, but far from all bad.

  • Had two – TWO! – requests for full manuscripts. No takers yet, but I’m getting better at this communicating-with-agents thing.
Read the full article →

No Time to Waste

November 12, 2010
Thumbnail image for No Time to Waste

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. ~William Shakespeare

See that quote there? That is something I took to heart a long time ago, when I realized that so many creative people just… drag along, hiding themselves, waiting for some meteor to hit them in the head engraved with ‘you can do it!’, waiting for lightning to flash across the sky and tell them it’s ‘time’ to act on their dreams. Only that doesn’t happen. Instead, they wake up around the age of 40 and go, “What have I done? I’ve wasted my life.”

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries