Written in the wee hours of the morning after a sleep-deprived night, as I mused on the mixture of utter exhaustion and warrior woman determination that being the foster mom of a newborn has brought out in me…
Category: A Writer’s Life
The Two Best Decluttering Hacks You’ve Never Heard Of
Do you want to declutter but sometimes find it complicated? Do you enjoy the idea of minimalism but find it mentally exhausting to try and figure out which items “spark joy”…or which things you have or haven’t used recently? In this post, I address all those issues and share the two simplest and most effective decluttering hacks I’ve come across. Seriously. They are the BOMB.
How to Get More ‘White Space’ in Your Life (and why it matters)
Do you feel like your life is moving at 90-miles-an-hour all the time and you can never keep up? Is the lack of margin stealing your peace, joy, and creativity? I feel you. And that’s why I wrote this post.
Gentle Voice – A Poem
Sometimes I am overwhelmed with amazement that the voice of God is so much kinder and gentler than the voice of my own perfectionism. And sometimes when emotions overwhelm me, they spill over into a poem. So here it is…
Can a Mass Murderer Be Redeemed?
Is redemption possible for a fictional character who commits truly heinous crimes? The recent controversy over the Vivian Awards shows many people believe they can’t. But the real question is…What kind of redemption are we talking about?
All the Reasons I Love BookBub (vs. Goodreads)
In this post I compare two popular platforms, Goodreads and BookBub, and tell you all the reasons I love BookBub best…
The Storyteller in the Graveyard – A Poem
A lament for the countless stories that are lost, every day, as memories die with the people who lived them…
My Top Author Buys in 2020 (#3)
Welcome to the third and final post in my Best Author Buys of 2020 series! This week I’m introducing you to the only physical item on this list, and and one of the most fantastic gadgets I have ever encountered. Not just for authors either…
My Top Author Buys in 2020 (#2)
Welcome to #2 in my Top Author Buys series! This week I’m talking about the only item on the list that is pretty much exclusively for authors. I bought it to help me up my game in advertising my book, and it was fairly expensive. But OH BOY was it worth it…
My Top Author Buys in 2020 (#1)
This is #1 of my top author buys from 2020. And it’s not just for authors either! Anybody who owns a website and uses Facebook should know about this service…