Over the years I’ve gotten a lot of questions about writing from folks who wonder if they’ve got what it takes to publish a book. I thought I’d share some of the key skills that I have found to be essential in my own writing career. Stubbornness I think that the biggest factor in...
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Welcome to the Owlhaven! Click the recipes tab at the top of the page to get a preview of some of the 200 recipes in my book. Also included are hundreds of frugal shopping tips, sure to save you money at the store. My cookbook is available at: amazon.com Barnes and Noble borders.com Christian...
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I’m over at 5 Minutes for Parenting today, sharing an excerpt from my book.
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It’s been fun to read what people have to say about my book– thanks to all of you who have weighed in! Here are some links to recent reviews. Notes from the Trenches (new today) 5 Minutes For Mom (new this week) Like Merchant Ships Another Espresso Please Parenting.com Amazon.com (11 reviews) Technorati Tags:...
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Just to prove that perfectly moderately sane women sometimes go a little insane, I submit today’s to-do list– the part that actually got completed (with major help from kids). –Went to the bank, post office and Home Depot with 5 kids. Returned one item and picked up 15 other items that were all in...
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OK, here’s your chance to be one of the first people to own a copy of my book. A Sane Woman’s Guide to Raising a Large Family shares the story of the growth of our family, as well as the hints and tricks I’ve learned over the years that help me stay sane as...
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First of all, I have a new writing gig over at Workitmom.com. I’ll be writing there once a month or so. This month my article is Could adoption be right for your family? Check it out if that’s something you’re considering! Next– this bit of news made my stomach all quivery. My book – MY...
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…snacking on half a cup of chocolate-covered coffee beans at 10:30 PM is not the wisest move to make. Around 2:30 this morning, I was still wide awake. The upside is that at that moment I was also watching the pages of my book spit out of my printer. All 203 of them. Yeah....
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Note: Due to my seeming lack of ability to control the autopost feature on my blog, this post showed up a day early. (Look at the calendar, already, Mary!) But since I am too busy to post anything better (homestudy meeting Friday, parent education meeting Friday evening and all day Saturday) I’m leaving it...
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Bub and Pie wrote an interesting post yesterday about motherhood, blogging, individuality and sense of self. Mella wrote something along similar lines about the juggling act, the constant tension it causes to try to find a moment here or there for something other than mothering. Lately in the midst of listening to reading, and...
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