Category: Novel

Nickel and diming

At the beginning of April, Darling Husband and I decided to do some CBin’ and MMMin’ — that’s Cut Back and Make More Money for those who haven’t read Confessions of a Shopaholic. So let’s see how we did! What are blogs for, if not… Continue Reading “Nickel and diming”

A momentary flinch

I saw a friend last night that I haven’t seen in ages, and he asked me how I was liking my job. Oh. There was a momentary flinch on my part, but then I recovered and said I’m still really liking it. He saw… Continue Reading “A momentary flinch”

Making it work

Last week was hard. I’m not going to sugar-coat it.  We had just gotten to a point where Hubby was going to work a little extra in order to put some money away specifically for the baby. This … just completely knocked us down. After much… Continue Reading “Making it work”

I want the Crayolas back

I am in a weird place right now.  And I think I can explain it with a line from a movie I watched yesterday … “Things aren’t ever what you hoped they’d be. Not ever, for anybody. The only thing that separates one kind… Continue Reading “I want the Crayolas back”

One giant leap for author-kind

Today I mailed my very first novel pitch! Eeeeeeeeek! I veered from my original plan of looking for a literary agent, and found a great local publisher that seems to want material like mine.  They requested a cover letter, synopsis and a few sample… Continue Reading “One giant leap for author-kind”