A Heart of Ice

The Ice Bucket Challenge. It is blowing up social media news feeds everywhere! Things like this start out as a novelty and then get old–fast. The naysayers and the proponents thereof come out of the woodwork to criticize and advocate for things like this in...

He Wants You for YOU

The Friday of the first week back to school is a welcomed thing. We only go a partial week so it serves as a great test run for the new systems of the school year. We were lucky enough to not have homework this week which gave me a chance to get a handle on the...

The Process gets Tough

The funk hit right after I got back home from the aforementioned conference. I was drained of energy and overflowing with new information in connection with the beloved craft of writing. Being that lopsided tends to take a few days to right itself again–under...

My First Writer’s Conference

Today is a busy and fun day for me. I am leaving tomorrow morning for my first writer’s conference! I found this gem of  a conference at the end of last year and put it on the calendar. I had my heart set on She Speaks out in North Carolina, but that will have...