... having another writer in the house - one who TOTALLY GETS the thrilling possibilities of a blank page in a composition book, the wonder...

 I Will Not Stress Out Art by Kathy Jeffords www.thedreamygiraffe.etsy.com I'm not sure if having stress breakdowns can be consi...

This video pretty much sums up the relationship I have with my muse right now. I finished a draft of a new book last week  - I should be abl...

( image found on Pinterest ) I'm just going to go ahead and talk about the comma. Or more importantly, HOW MUCH I HATE THE COMMA. (ri...

It's Friday, folks, and about time this blog had another flashback... so today the file cabinet of curiosities has coughed up a little g...

"Born from the Mess" by jb0xtchi on Etsy ...

Self Starter Necklace by Lisa at The Empty Nest At the start of November, when I was super bummed about not participating in NaNoWriMo this ...

Write or Else Art Print by Kathy Jeffords www.thedreamygiraffe.etsy.com I thought writing a 92,000 word complete novel was the most complic...

Let me get this straight - we are thirteen days into the month of October and I haven't yet posted about NaNoWriMo '11? STOP THE INS...

Long ago, my kids decided life is BORING without Mommy devoting 99.9% of her day to their non-stop amusement. In addition to the usual daily...

(Today's Friday Flashback is highly influenced by the blog posts of both Kathy aka The Dreamy Giraffe , who shared one of her 7th grade ...

So. You know how I've been blogging about how I am ->thisclose<- to finishing this dang draft of The Book the Never Ends for, oh, ...

Remember two weeks ago when I was like, "Will I finish draft 2 of my never-ending work-in-progress while my kids are at their Grandma...

You Deserve a Rip Roaring Fiesta 5 x 7 doodle print by Aimee of Artsyville The time has come for me to throw a handful of biodegradable conf...

Vintage Pink Olympia DeLuxe @ Brooklyn Retro The other day, I had a comment with a question from Jamie , and I thought I'd it share it h...

I've blogged before how much I love (and need) to write to music, and my current work-in-progress, a modern Sleeping Beauty retelling (w...

When author Maggie Stiefvater posted a writing critique partner loooove connection on her blog the other day, I thought, "Too bad I...

Two things to know about me: 1. I'm as easily distracted as a two-year-old. 2. I'm big into paper recycling. (item number 3 would be...

(Here's ch. 8, scene 1 of my book in pretty word cloud form Ooooh, pretty!) I hit a milestone in my book revision the other day and I...

You Can Handle Anything - 8.5 x 11 art print by Kathy R. Jeffords of Think About Rainbows & The Dreamy Giraffe So... I decided in Janua...