Sunday, December 20, 2009

When Good Crafts Go Bad - the Holiday Blog

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Note: I wrote this piece last year for the Second Wind Publishing blog on Wordpress, but figured it was worth a re-print. Merry Christmas M...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

If patience is a virtue, I am rarely a virtuous woman

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During a recent chat over lunch with my career coach, we got on the topic of what I am learning from my experience searching for my next pos...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

The importance of an open mind.

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I recall overhearing my older relatives once talking about how it was possible to be too open in one’s thinking. I think the exact words wer...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

And now for some Halloween fun...

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My publisher is doing a "Trick or Treat" clue game in honor of Halloween. The clues will be embedded in excerpts from novels by Se...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Am I turning into a “Slacker Mom” or just overwhelmed and tired?

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When I was pregnant with my first child, I had such high expectations for how my husband and I would raise our little bundle of joy. That li...
Monday, October 5, 2009

The lure of the dark-side – anti-heroes and anti-heroines

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I have to admit that I really enjoy a story with a well developed anti-hero. I’m not talking about the basically good guy who has had a stri...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Can you judge a book by its cover?

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I was in the market for a bit of “mind candy” reading the other day and went to my local bookstore to see what might satisfy my literary swe...