Thanks to all of you who have journeyed with me through the books I’ve published this year – here’s to many more to come! So, I still consider myself a newbie author – 2014 being my debut publishing year and all. But I’ve been writing and learning tricks for much longer than that. I even teach high schoolers now and … Read More
Take Some Time Off
Summer…even if you haven’t been a student in many, many years, this season makes us all want to loosen the schedule a bit. And teachers – heck, we make time off a priority. We try not to go more than four weeks without at least a three-day break. (And if you truly remember high school, you’ll know this is a … Read More
Another Lap Around the Sun: Check
If you’ve never seen the website Dear Teen Me, you should take a look. It has letters written by authors to their teen selves. Some are funny, some are full of great advice, and some are downright heart-breaking. I see myself and my students in many of the letters. I haven’t (yet) written one of those telling letters, but on my … Read More
Libras Do It With Balance
Source: Cheri3380346 (among others) This ecard pretty much sums it up, doesn’t it? But I still wanna write about it. So here goes. Sometimes I wish I were back in the 50s. No, not really, but I would be a lot less busy. Women today juggle full-time jobs outside or inside of the home, plus we tend to take on a majority … Read More