My entry to the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest.
Spring Fling Writing Contest 2025
12 Stories of Christmas Blog Event
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 →