WiP Wednesday: NaNo Update

First of all I want to thank my math teacher, Mr. Martin, for teaching me to type in tenth grade. Because, you know, if I weren't such a...

Movie Monday: Flight of the Starlings

If you've known me very long, you know I love to take pictures of My Valley. And I love to post them on my blog. My friend Kimberly des...

Simple Beauties

This time of year we return to the simple beauties of life: Home Family Food Fellowship Laughter  Warmth & American football God bless y...

Book Vlog: SPACEHEADZ

My eight-year-old, Gabe, wanted to share his thoughts on Jon Scieszka's SPACEHEADZ series, so we decided to experiment with a vlog inter...

WiP Wednesday: The Other Story

I'm NaNo-ing my way through a first draft right now. It's going well. I'm over 30,000 words on Day 16, so a little ahead of sche...

Movie Monday: Lady Gaga in China

A friend asked me to "explain" this video to him the other day. Okay, I can see why the average American would think this is bizar...

All Things Are Possible

It was one of those evenings where I looked at my band of alternately crying and hyperactive children and thought to myself: I have to feed ...

Movie Monday: Hong Kong Homeland

My good friend and critique buddy, Krista V. , wrote a neat post entitled Writing What You Are ... and she used me as an example in her pos...

Snoopy Mom Strikes

Shhh! You must never disclose that you saw this on my blog. This is a big, big secret. My ten-year-old daughter does not know I scanned this...

WiP Wednesday: Tense Troubles ... & Insignia ARC!

I started the first draft of a new book the other day. I tried to write it in first person past tense, but just couldn't do it. I kept i...