http://blumberger.net/forum Twitter. Facebook. Goodreads. Website. More of my life is now being lived online. I spend maybe 2-3 hours a day blogging, interacting with interesting folks, coordinating writing schedules, and generally updating/maintaining my online presence. Now to some of you, this may sound like a lot of time, and to others it may sound like a […]
So kindergarten packets were available this week from our local elementary school. Being the dutiful mother I am, I went the day the packets were released to get one for my oldest child. I filled out the preliminary paperwork and chatted up the administrator (a lovely, older woman). Now, after this, my kid wasn’t registered. Oh, no. On January […]
I got together with some writer friends yesterday. It was our first meeting of the new year, and Marina Adair had the great idea to have everyone state their writing goals for 2012. Now, I’m not typically one for making New Year’s resolutions. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t need an event or a reason to make a change […]
Whew! I made it! For a while there, I wasn’t sure I was going to. December just completely exploded on me and if I’d had the time to read my last post amidst all the craziness, I could have seen it coming. It all started when I got back from two weeks of travel on November 30th. With no time to catch […]
Well, November didn’t go exactly as planned. It wasn’t so much that I got off track so much as I was derailed. But it wasn’t outside forces that derailed me. No, it was pretty much my own hubris that did me in. I thought – in hindsight, rather stupidly – that I could do much more […]
In what hopefully will be the first of many author interviews, today I’m appearing on USA Today’s Happy Ever After Blog. USA Today! I’m kind of a bit in shock about it, but it’s Loveswept week, and since I’m now a part of Loveswept (squeee!), I got interviewed by the talented and very, very busy Joyce Lamb. […]
Rachael Harrie’s Write Campaign wrapped up on October 31st, and I have to say, I did get a lot out of it. Not only did I meet some really interesting people – all writers and all serious about attempting to build their platforms, but I have more of an idea of what kind of tone I want to use on my own […]
So in the Barrett house, we’ve been Halloween-crazy since last Friday, and only today are we getting to the main event! It’s just amazing how much the holiday has expanded. Trick or treating at the kids’ school on Friday, a pot-luck Halloween party on Saturday, “Boo at the Zoo” trick or treating on Sunday, and […]