A Belated ROWnd-Up: #ROW80
How very odd. A Sunday passed, and I did not provide an update on my progress in A Round of Words in 80 Days. However, the round was officially over on Thursday, June 21, just as I was struggling with…
Roped and Ragged: #ROW80
Each Sunday, I faithfully come here and report on my writing progress for the A Round of Words in 80 Days challenge. Week after week, I tend to knock some goals out like a prize-fighter, others I get several good punches…
Life's a Beach and #ROW80
This photo of me was taken on Friday, and yes, that is the beach in the background! My best friend and I have an annual tradition of taking one day in the school year, dropping off our kids, and heading to…
Marriage, Fishing Film, and Whooping: #ROW80
This month, my husband and I are celebrating our 19 years of marriage. Whenever we’re in a crowd, I still think my husband is the smartest, handsomest, and funniest guy in the room. These days, we have a few more…
Jr High All Over Again?: #ROW80
Here’s a status update I recently posted to my personal Facebook page, which received quite a lot of here-here’s: I thought we left catty girl fights back in junior high. Now this week, I learned about Ann Romney (does she…
#ROW80: Don't Suck
The weekend of March 30-April 1, I was in College Station, Texas playing a Guinness World Record game of baseball. I and 55 other players took the field for a total of 49 consecutive hours. We played in rotations, so I…
Kayak or Cruise Ship? How do you want to write?
Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday — when I plunge into whatever topic seems juicy and crunchy and ready for devouring. Today’s topic is about how you want to write. I never used to read the Acknowledgments section in a novel. Now that I…
Cool or Clueless? #ROW80 Update
I tell my kids I’m hip and cool. But they don’t believe it. And now I realize, why should they? Here’s a snippet of conversation my husband and I had last week: Hubby: [reading news on computer] So Justin Timberlake…
Friday Fiction: Flash Fiction #2
Having finished a first draft of my middle-grade novel, I am awaiting editing comments from a beta reader. I’m not ready to delve into another large project, but I do enjoy continuing to write fiction. Thankfully, there are some great…
Monday Musings: Gently Prodded
Once you finish your first novel, you think, “Hey, I’m a writer! I can do this!” And you bask in that warm sunshine for a while, getting a nice tan and feeling pretty darn good about yourself. Until you start…