I'm thinking the title "Five Goals on a Monday" may get old. But the important thing to keep in mind is that setting goals should never get old. Think about goals every day. Set new ones regularly. I've noticed with myself whenever I stop thinking about them for a time, many things in my life slip. And it's a slippery slope ( Read more... )

It's Friday again, and the good news is our weekend is pretty calm. A playdate today. Another tomorrow. Sunday? Yard work? Maybe a hike in the woods ( Read more... )

Random thought: Is it bad I have so much collective dirt in my gutter, an acorn fell in and sprouted an oak tree? OK, I'll put it on the list - clean out gutters ( Read more... )

Yesterday HipWriterMama had an excellent post on plotting. Lots of people commented on how they plot, how they build structure, or how they do neither ( Read more... )

OK, just had to share. Last night I got my first fan mail!
Someone picked up the ARC of The Emerald Tablet at TLA, read it, liked it not only enough to finish it but also to take the time to send me an email telling me so ( Read more... )

Another week. Did you set your goals yet? No? Time to get cracking.

So what's up for me for the week? The birthday party is behind me. I've faced my fears! I still need to buy the phones and books. But anyway, here goes!

1) Go to the awesome release party for The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan at Book People. Are you going also? Did you ( Read more... )

They say you should do one thing each day that scares you. OK, so I'm not sure who "they" are or why they'd think such an insane thing, but, regardless, the expression stuck somewhere in my mind.

And thus, at the start of the day, I vowed to do this.


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Here we are again - end of the week. But, actually, for me, we have a packed weekend, so the week is nowhere near over.

Here goes. Five things about me week thus far.

1) I did not get everything done on my Monday list. I did submit the critique piece, but as it stands right now, no way will I be through an initial revision of NOTW. No way. I'm ( Read more... )

So the dentist told me yesterday they thought my (3-year-old) daughter would lose her front teeth early. They're already wiggly. She bumped them a couple years ago, and, well, the trauma and all... They also advised she stop sucking her thumb. Uh, OK. I told her that, and she said "No ( Read more... )

Here we go again. A brand new week ahead. So what's on for this week ( Read more... )