Don’t you hate it when the batteries go dead on devices you rely on like cell phones and laptops and tablets? But when we use them incessantly without taking time to plug them in, they eventually run down and stop working. After a year of hard work, I just completed another novel, and I have to admit that my creative batteries are dead. Totally dry. Used up. It’s time to take a break from writing … [Read more...]

I have been battling problems with the Inspired by Life and Fiction blog as well as with my own website for over a week. You may have noticed that it has been down more than once during that time. I have spent hours and hours on the phone with tech support, and as I write this post, I have no idea if we have a final solution in sight. My friends know that I am a bit of a techie. I love learning … [Read more...]

Ok, I realize it’s Tuesday (or later) as you read this, but it’s Monday as I write this! How do you feel about Mondays? Now that I work from home, I don’t get the Sunday-night-dread-of-Monday that I once did. But I admit I used to be guilty of the “Moan, it’s Monday” mantra. In our adult Sunday school class at church we are going through a series called, “The Monday Switch” and I am finding it … [Read more...]

I've been accused of seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. My mom tells people that when I was just a little girl, my little sisters and I had set up a tea party using the piano for a table. My sisters were upset when Mothe told us we had to move our party because our "tea" (colored water, actually) would ruin the piano if it spilled. But according to Mothe (that's not a typo... We call … [Read more...]