It's the start of a new year and that's an exciting time. It means it's time for a new reading challenge. I use Goodreads to track the books I read (in 2024, that was 100 books), but I know others use different tools. However, whatever tool you use, I love being able to go back and check which books I read when. It's been a great way for me to capture all the books I've read. Yet like many of you, … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Once upon a time there was a girl who dreamed of writing books. Books were magic carpets that transported her through time and across space. The only problem was her favorite authors simply did not write books fast enough. What was a voracious reader to do? She already haunted the local Christian bookstore, a feat she did with such regularity she'd walk in and the owner would hand the catalogs to … [Read more...]
Six Books I’m Excited to Read
The rest of this month I have to be nose down, fingers on keyboard, every moment that I'm not teaching, grading or engaged in a most do activity with my family. Those include high school swim meets and Thanksgiving. While I'm being focused and diligent, I'm building quite the to-be-read pile for after I turn this book in. These books look sooooo good that it's taking a lot of discipline to not … [Read more...]
AI and Managing Time
The other day I was on LinkedIn and saw a friend who teaches at Indiana Wesleyan University post about asking ChatGPT to tell her who she was. I had done something similar six months ago about my writing, and the results weren't great (hers weren't either six months ago). Yet, this time around she was pretty impressed with how the AI engine captured the essence of who she was. I decided to rerun a … [Read more...]
The Juggling World of Writers
This week is a classic example of the wonderful, juggling world of writers. If you've ever wondered what it takes to write, the best descriptor for me is high switching efficiency. In other words, the ability to switch between tasks easily or at least agilely. For example, a month ago, I decided to put two of my books on sale this month. Call it a welcome to fall sale. The first of the two … [Read more...]
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