“I’ve been holding onto these,” my son said with a wink. “How much will you pay for them?” I opened the tiny case, and inside were three baby teeth. His little sister was sitting right next to me at the …
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How I do NaNoWriMo: One woman’s reflection of the process.
This morning, I was like, hey! When is National Novel READING Month, but I was informed by my kids that NaNoReMO is a year long affair. However, NationalToday.com states that in 2003, the National Book Foundation recognized October as National …
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Do You Have to Read to Be a Great Writer?
This has come up often in my various online writing groups: There’s a writer, new to the world of compiling stories in a text based format. Like me, they want to be the next Ms. J.K. Rowling… They have a …
Grandma to Turtles?
In class, my daughter was dubbed “Clumsy Turtle,” which has led to a near obsession the past few months of all things turtle related: Naturally, she wants a pet turtle. I really REALLY don’t want another pet. I mean I …
Camp NaNoWriMo Is Back!
If you have never heard of CampNaNoWrimo, I have written about it before in other blog posts, but the gist is that for the month of July writers set goals and hold each other accountable via intimate forum based groups. …
New York City and the Allaires
This weekend we celebrated the eldest’ birthday in New York City! We went to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two. The kids and I had read the screenplay, each responsible for a bunch of parts. …
Celebrating National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month. I haven’t always been a fan of poetry, and I really wasn’t thrilled with having to take poetry for my degree program. Structurally, it didn’t make sense to my brain. Why do you cut a …
I’m Going to Camp!!!
Camp NaNoWriMo is only a few short days away, and I’m excited! For those not in the know, Camp NanoWrimo is the love child of NanoWriMo, a time away from the vigorous expectation of the elder namesake and it’s 50,000 …
My Support Crew
Friday is almost here, which means that Children of the Planes will be released into the world! To celebrate, I would like to spotlight those who supported me during the composing stages of this piece: My husband who is my …
