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January 3, 2018
Books Read in 2018: ‘Caroline: Little House Revisited’ (2 stars)
Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller Audiobook narrated by Elizabeth Marvel Genre: Historical Fiction My rating: 2 stars Book Summary: In this novel authorized by the Little House estate, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one […]
January 2, 2018
Books Read in 2017: A Recap of My Reading Challenge
Yesterday, I posted the visual report from Goodreads of what I read in 2017. Here’s how the results match up with my goals. By the Numbers As I’d done for the past several years, I set last year’s goal by simply adding one to the previous year’s total. That put me at a goal of […]
January 1, 2018
I Completed My 2017 Reading Challenge!
I completed my 2017 reading challenge. Did you? Filed under: Authors/Reading
December 5, 2017
It’s a (Tentatively Motivated) Timer Tuesday!
I posted this on Facebook yesterday: If you’re curious, it’s from Story Idea #1 on the Story Ideas in Progress page. I know it seems a little late in the year to be “starting” something, even if it’s something that I’ve done regularly on the blog in the past. But it’s never too late to […]
December 4, 2017
It’s 2017 Reading Challenge Check-in Time!
Happy First Monday of December, everyone How did the end of the year happen so fast? I haven’t done one of these in a long time, so instead of trying to cover the months I’ve missed, let’s check in with our progress on our 2017 reading challenges: where we are, if we’ve met our goals, […]
November 15, 2017
Library Haul | Thanksgiving Holiday 2017
What’s this? A new post after so many weeks of silence? No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. I’m finally posting something, with more activity to come—my biggest goal for 2018. But to ease back into it, here’s what I’ve checked out from the library—a bunch of titles to choose from for reading during the Thanksgiving […]
September 24, 2017
#Library Haul for the Week of 09/24/17 | #amreading
I don’t know about you, but when it’s time to check books out from the library, it’s kind of like a Lay’s potato chip thing—I can never “eat” just one. And since I never know for sure exactly what I’m going to feel like reading at any given moment, I always check out multiple options […]
July 31, 2017
#FirstDraft90: Days 1-30 Prep Work Schedule
Welcome to FirstDraft90! Whether you’re planning to write your own story during the next ninety days, or you’re just following along with my progress, August 1 is the beginning of the process. As in each first-draft challenge I’ve done in the past, the first thirty days is all about the prep work. In order to […]
July 30, 2017
#FirstDraft90 Starts August 1! | #amwriting #FD90 #writingchallenge #writinggoals
Because I unexpectedly decided to buy a house this year, a lot of my original goals for the first seven months had to be set aside in favor of house hunting, packing, cleaning, moving, and unpacking (who am I kidding—the unpacking will be going on for quite some time!). Oh, and just when I thought […]
July 4, 2017
Some Thoughts on What Liberty Means to Me | #IndependenceDay #July4
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. Methodist credo attributed to John Wesley What Liberty Means to Me I can’t […]
