August was yet another low-volume reading month. Writing, planning school, doing school, looking after my brood and occasionally doing a load of laundry and sweeping a floor or two should leave me hours and hours to devote to pleasure reading, right? Right? Ha. Okay, so I did read three books. Ta-da! Here they are: Ship [...]
Monthly Archive for September, 2009
a day in the life
Posted in kids at play, personal, piano, random on Sep 6th, 2009
What? I need a reason? At the outlet mall yesterday: Me: And after the kitchen store, we can hit the bookstore! D: *eyes suspiciously* Do you NEED anything from the bookstore? Me: Noooooo D: Then why go in? Me: Because it’s there, of course! (Silly!) D: Not buying that. Get thee to a clothing store [...]
about writing
Posted in motivation, personal, piano, writing process on Sep 3rd, 2009
Yes, I know this is a boring title, but it’s hard to come up with something witty and pithy for a serious subject. I’d like to point you to Glenda Larke’s post on what defines a successful writer, which came on the heels of a long dry season in my writing life. This drought lasted [...]