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”
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”
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 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”
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”