• Writing Hacker Tip #2: Double Duty Reading

    I love doing things efficiently, and I’m always looking for new ways to do more work in less time or at least do double duty with one task. I’m sharing some of my crazy writing hacker tips, and I hope you will share some with me too. Double Duty…

  • Mom’s Write: Back to School Schedule Changes

    The times are a-changing. For many of us, the fall signals the start of a new school year. Some of my teacher friends have been in school for weeks now. Many won’t go back until Labor Day. Just like the start of the summer, the end of the summer…

  • Mom’s Write: 5 Ways to Survive Schedule Changes

    It’s summer time. If you are a mom and a writer, chances are, this means that there will be some change in your schedule. If you have kids in school, they will be home more often, or you’ll be shuttling them from place to place. If you have babies…

  • Writing Quote Wednesday: Making Time to Write

    “If you don’t write when you don’t have time for it, you won’t write when you do have time for it.” —Katerina Stoykova Klemer   After my second  child is born, I wondered if my writing life was over. I didn’t know when I would be able to fit…

  • Mom’s Write: Writer Mama Resources

    Update on Mom’s Write: Rest Some of you might have noticed, I didn’t post last Monday. I usually write my posts on Sunday and schedule them to post. Last Sunday was my planned day of rest. I was serious about not doing any “work.” I didn’t do any “work,”…

  • Mom’s Write: Rest

    I find it kind of ironic that I’m writing about rest after reeling from a insanely busy weekend. Our weekends aren’t normally so jam-packed, but this one sure was. And I’m headed into a very busy week at work too. Last week I wrote about priorities and what things…

  • Mom’s Write: What Can You Live Without?

    What Can You Live Without? There’s a finite amount of time in a day. Since most of my day consists of a non-writing day job, I have to really be careful about my hours outside of work. When I wanted to get serious about making a career out of…

  • Mom’s Write: Get Rid of the Guilt Trip

    Every mom I know has packed for a guilt trip. You know the kind that needs a gigantic suitcase where you can stuff major mom confessions: “I let my kids watch TV last night instead of encouraging them to do something constructive.”  “I let my kids eat french fries…

  • Mom’s Write: Potential Readers

    I know many writers will disagree with me when I say that I sometimes use my own kids as a “test audience” for my books. One of the arguments against this is that kids aren’t going to tell you that they dislike your book because they don’t want to…

  • Mom’s Write: Why I’m An Artist Date Rule Breaker

    I’m an Artist Date rule-breaker. There I said it. I like Julia Cameron’s THE ARTIST’S WAY. I love this idea of a weekly Artist Date—you know where she says you must go fill your artist’s well on an outing—alone. She recommends going to a museum or a play or…