Back in December, in my post Finished, I said that the hardest part of writing my novel, completing the first draft, was over. Well, I was wrong. Turns out the hardest part is re-reading that first draft, considering what needs to be edited and fixed, and realizing that one possible solution involves removing one or two of […]
Believing In Signs, Validating Choices
I used to believe very strongly in signs. I believed that there was a universal force woven into my life, one that gave me subtle signals to guide my choices: which job to take, which boy to date, which hobby to cultivate. I believed that if I was in tune with myself and with the […]
Current Influences
I’m going to start a new blog series called- you guessed it- Current Influences. I believe that what I read, watch and listen to strongly influences my thinking, and my thinking strongly influences my writing. So to give you some insight into where my mind is during any given time period, I thought I’d post […]
Growing Pains
My son is going through a growth spurt this week. He hasn’t had a major one since maybe 2 1/2 months, and he’s over 4 months now, so I’d let myself forget how tough it is on all of us. For Edwin, it means having trouble staying asleep, because he’s wakened by both growing pains […]
What Makes A Home?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a home. I started thinking about it the other day when my parents mentioned that sometime in the next several years, they might consider downsizing, selling the house I lived in from nine years old through college. Although I know this makes practical sense, in an […]
Adventures in Budgeting
Around Thanksgiving, my husband and I decided that instead of going back to work at the end of January as we’d originally planned, I am going to stay out on maternity leave for the rest of the school year. I’m very happy about this decision because I love motherhood much more than I’d expected, and […]