Blog carnivals are a great way to boost your viewers, but even better they open up new blogs for you to view. Over the last year, I have submitted to several carnivals. Many of the carnivals I have just submitted to and then forgotten (maybe making a brief mention of them at the bottom of…
The office is organized. The calendar if filled out. The schedule is ready for action. This year “like most years past” I am making resolutions. The difference is that I’m making them out loud, in writing, and to as many people as I can. I want to be held accountable. I want the world to…
Just when I think I have taken all I can take, someone else comes along that has it far worse than I do and I realize I can take so much more than I have to. It’s been a crazy week! First the water line broke on Christmas Eve – which meant we spent part…
The Chaos is coming – the chaos is coming! It officially begins today. We have my son’s birthday party this afternoon after which we will decorate the house, tomorrow is fairly light – except that I agreed to teach Sunday school to a bunch of 8 year old boys, and then Monday we have a…
Writing can be a tough gig. When your muse packs up and takes a vacation, finding inspiration can be almost impossible. Whether you are writing fiction in any genre or tackling an order for 20 how-to articles, the idea for the story may already be right before your eyes. 1. Look at your business cards…
There are days when I wake up ready to take on the world. My sink is clean and the coffee is already brewing. Then the distractions start – usually something small to begin with – and before I know it the day is gone and I have accomplished nothing! Today is one of those that…
Yesterday I had this conversation: “Hello, this is Kathryn.†“Hey, what are you doing?†“Working.†“I didn’t know you worked.†“Well, I’m a writer.†“I knew you did that, but I didn’t know you, like, went to a real job.†The most amazing thing about this conversation is that it is not the first time…
Writers aren’t as peculiar as most people make us out to be. Okay, we are peculiar. But we are also like everyone else in the world (even if it is only mildly). There are days when we just don’t want to do what we need to do. Maybe our bodies are determined to write, but…
“You need to get your priorities straight. The church needs to be up here in your life.” As he said this, the pastor pulled my hand up over my head. He was in the midst of a verbal wrist slap over my not coming to a special dinner that was coming up. I was in…
Can I make a confession? I hate dial up. The slow, agonizing pace that I can find information is actually something I have learned to deal with. It’s not unusual for me to click a link and get a chore done while my connection is crawling its way over there. But we are getting to…