I will embark on a writing escapade in November — the NaNoWriMo, an annual writing project that brings together amateur and professional writers from around the world, in an admittedly quasi-sane attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Here is the explanation from the website: “National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
I’m going NaNoWriMo
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Writing on October 22, 2009 | 15 Comments »
when bloggers meet, face to face
Posted in Writing, tagged blogging, Jane Friedman, Jane Koenen Bretl, Judy Clement Wall, There Are No Rules, Writer's Digest, Writing on September 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I am thrilled to again have the opportunity to appear on Jane Friedman’s Writer’s Digest blog There Are No Rules. In this guest post, I blog about blogging, and meeting a far-away blogger friend in person, and I probably use the word blog way too often, but there it is. I share the story of [...]
an amazing day
Posted in Writing, tagged blog, Jane Friedman, There Are No Rules, Writer's Digest, Writing on March 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In December, I attended a Writer’s Digest Editor’s Intensive event. I found it extremely helpful and informative. Jane Friedman, the Publisher and Editorial Director of Writer’s Digest, did an extraordinary thing for me today: she quoted a letter I wrote about that experience, and included a link to jane, candid in her blog There Are [...]
blur days
Posted in Motherhood, Writing, tagged growing up, snapshots, Writing on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you ever feel that your kids are growing up so fast, you have to stop and try to focus amid the blur? My wonderful sister-in-law once gave me this wise advice: “The days may go by so slowly, but the years fly by too quickly.” I did not believe her when my babies were [...]
coach? anyone? anyone? Bueller?
Posted in Motherhood, tagged lego robotics, teamwork, Writing on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The state tournament for the FIRST Lego League Robotics program was this past weekend in Dayton, Ohio. I coached an elementary school team this past fall (rookie coach + first time team = probably not the ideal choice). I did not plan to be a Lego Robotics coach; I did not attend the back-to-school “information [...]
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