Category: Novel
Work-at-home Q&A: Author Jon Tattrie + novel giveaway
I’m trying out a fun new (hopefully regular) feature today where I put my interviewing skills to use and chat with other work-at-home parents. There aren’t that many of us, so I always pounce on the ones I meet and discuss their work/life balance… Continue Reading “Work-at-home Q&A: Author Jon Tattrie + novel giveaway”
Sixty-five thousand
I hit 65,000 words today on my novel (in my novel?) and it feels … it feels like everything. Fifty thousand words felt like a huge accomplishment — was it really just 12 days ago? — but now at 65,057 words I feel like I’m… Continue Reading “Sixty-five thousand”
Making a point to Power Hour
When I redid my entire Google calendar schedule — which is a beautifully organized symphony of colour and alarms and recurring events — I added in two Power Hours a week: one on Tuesday morning, one on Thursday morning. Both from 8:30 to 9:30… Continue Reading “Making a point to Power Hour”
Fifty thousand
I hit 50,000 words this morning on my newest novel — the novel I’m hopefully will actually see the light of day. Fifty thousand and 14 words, to be exact. You know, unlike the first one (55,000 words) that I got up early very… Continue Reading “Fifty thousand”
Our family’s simple Christmas gift system
I don’t know what I’d do without our Christmas gift system. Seriously. I know some people love spending a lot of time and money shopping for their kids’ Christmas gifts, but the trouble is it tends to snowball every year as the kids get… Continue Reading “Our family’s simple Christmas gift system”
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