It's the most wonderful time of the year! There are so many traditions this time of year, and as I go through them, I often think of ideas for stories. But, I get so busy that I never write them. So, I decided to challenge myself this year to write "12 stories of Christmas". Between... Continue Reading →
Mini-book haul and writing update
This weekend was the Rochester Children's Book Festival was this weekend. I've attended in the past, but this was my first year as a volunteer. My job was to be an "author escort", which means I got to take authors from their table to presentations. It was so much fun getting to meet the authors.... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo Goals
November means NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo is an event where writers commit to writing 1,667 words daily, resulting in completing a 50,000-word novel in a month. I am not writing a book this month. I have participated in the July challenge before, but it's not very practical while teaching full-time.... Continue Reading →
Writing Goals + Poem
I didn't set any specific reading goals for 2022. I don't need the motivation to keep up with my reading. I did decide to focus on writing consistently. I started the new yearout by putting specific writing goals in my calendar for each day of January. So far, this is proving to be more effective... Continue Reading →