Curiosity Feeds My Blog

Blogging every day has piqued my curiosity in the every day.  The Marathon Writing Challenge, NaBloPoMo, forces me to come up with something to write about and I want it to be my own ideas; prove I can do it on my own power, run the extra mile.  I haven’t used a...
A Writer’s Marathon Challenge

A Writer’s Marathon Challenge

Fitness and writing are a lot alike. Both take discipline. Both can be kind of lonely. It’s easy to no-show and nobody will say anything. The solution, find a buddy to hold yourself accountable. For workouts, that’s easy: make it social. Run or walk with a friend....
The Horrors of Room 17

The Horrors of Room 17

My older son was excited to finish his English essay.  What?!?  Usually he complains but not this day.  His class read “Frankenstein” written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in 1818, in the spirit of Halloween. The assignment:  Write a story written...

BlogHer14: My first blog conference.

Last week, I went to my first blogger’s conference, BlogHer14 in San Jose, a three-day affair. For my readers, BlogHer is what I call the BIG BLOG in the sky, a website home to just about any type of blog imaginable in one place– a directory and community of...

Interview of a Writer

A lot of people ask me how I decided to start a blog. I’m also asked about my topics. At first the idea sounds strange, writing about every day happenings.   Maybe it’s an unbelievable shoe or a snide comment by one of my teens.  Once a few posts are under a...