Goodreads

A 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

Red eye? Yes, please.

I 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

Writer’s Block? Try a Haunted House.

We 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

Once Upon a Time and Llamas

  There 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

Plotters vs Pantsers

  It’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

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