Monthly Archives: December 2024

2025: Our Year of Empowerment and Growth

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” -Alice Walker I see your power, and I see your fear of it! I think 2025 should be a year of learning to accept and embrace the power you have to make this world a better place. And youContinue reading “2025: Our Year of Empowerment and Growth”

Write it for Children

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” — Madeleine L’Engle I love that I have my girls to read books with. I love a good children’s book. I like a good book, period. It doesn’tContinue reading “Write it for Children”

Adventures

“That’s the thing about books, they let you travel without moving your feet.”—Jhumpa Lahiri A good book will take you places you never believed were possible. Writing a book (it doesn’t even have to be good) does the same thing. Every evening, I gather my evening things computer, my journal and a pen. It’s preparationContinue reading “Adventures”

This Christmas

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ― Maya Angelou I have been spending this holiday season with family and friends that mean the world to me. It really has lightened my load while I wasContinue reading “This Christmas”

Writing Quote from Agatha Christie

“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you’re writing, and aren’t writing particularly well.” – Agatha Christie This. I haven’t felt this understood as a writer yet. IContinue reading “Writing Quote from Agatha Christie”

Merry Christmas

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas for those that celebrate. Peace and love to everyone. “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” -ThomasContinue reading “Merry Christmas”

Merry Christmas Eve!

There’s a wrapping marathon going on in my house. My girls are getting so big. They wrap their own presents, and my oldest even bought some gifts with her own money. I’m excited to see them growing up. I’m excited that I get to spend time with family throughout the week. Things aren’t going theContinue reading “Merry Christmas Eve!”

The Night Before Christmas Eve

This cold Monday didn’t go exactly as planned but it ended with pizza so that’s good. A deer ran into our family car. I didn’t think it hit my car that hard but the damage looks otherwise. I was going pretty slow so I wasn’t injured at all but my passenger door will no longerContinue reading “The Night Before Christmas Eve”

The Writing Routine

“This is the magic of a writer’s routine. They automate decisions like when and where so that they become instinctual, saving that mental energy for the work. When they find the routine that works, they never break it.” -WritingRountines.com I am not obsessed with my routine; I just use it to help me move forward one day at a time. IContinue reading “The Writing Routine”