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Goodreads
On April 10, 2018 by adminA lot of people ask me about my Goodreads feed and why it takes up so much real estate on my website. Great question! If you can’t tell, I’m a big fan of Goodreads. If you’re not already a Goodreads user, I’ll lay out the case for why you should be. Pretty much everyone I
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Red eye? Yes, please.
On January 12, 2018 by adminI often hear people complain about traveling– “Oh, I had to take the red eye back from [insert place here]”. I used to commiserate. The red eye? Oh yeah. Can’t get comfortable, someone wakes you up every 15 minutes, the dude next to you is a loud sleeper–wait, that sounds really familiar– isn’t that
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Writer’s Block? Try a Haunted House.
On November 28, 2017 by adminWe did the craziest thing last week. We took the kids to Disney. We had a few days off from work and instead of kicking back, doing a few projects around the house, hosting the fam for Thanksgiving, meeting my #NaNoWriMo goals… we piled three kids, a Bob stroller (or, “stroder”, as one of the
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Once Upon a Time and Llamas
On November 15, 2017 by adminThere was an era in my life when I had time for hobbies. I didn’t really know it, because have I always felt like I was busy, but once upon a time I did have minutes to spare for something that wasn’t (per my current metric) necessary to sustain life. As many of us
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Plotters vs Pantsers
On November 12, 2017 by adminIt’s the age-old question… are you a Plotter or a Pantser? Well, you may say, that’s quite a personal question. It really goes to the heart of how we think, how we work, and what makes us click. Everything about me screams Pantser. Once, for work, I had to take the Myer’s Briggs personality
The Story of Scribble & Spark Bookworks As I have watched my free time dwindle to almost non-existent over the past ten years, I have come to understand my own priorities much more clearly. As I look back, there are few vestiges of my previous existence (that is, pre-spouse and pre-kids) that I have