Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 25

It’s Not Perfect

As you know if you read my last blog post, I sometimes have trouble finishing things. Part of that is, as I mentioned, because when you finish something it goes out into the world to be judged by the masses (most of the time). That can be a little intimidating. But the other reason I [...]

Finish What You Start

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around the blog too much in the last few weeks.  Well, maybe you noticed.  Maybe somebody noticed.  Maybe?  Hello? The reason I haven’t blogged much lately is I was finishing up a book I’ve been working on (a contemporary romance novel).  Sometimes I have trouble finishing things. [...]

Care And Feeding

  Feed me, Seymore. Feed me all night long. Audrey II – Little Shop of Horrors   I would like to share some things I’ve discovered over the past couple of weeks. A person needs to eat properly. A person needs to sleep enough hours. A person cannot live on coffee, no matter how hard [...]

Where Do You Invest Your Time?

As you may know if you’ve read my blog before, I have a love-hate relationship with Time. Well, it’s more of an epic struggle. I wrestle with time the way Jacob wrestled with the angel at the side of the road. I’m kind of outmatched. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about time and the way I [...]

The Story of “Joey Balone”

In honor of the Curiosity rover landing on Mars earlier this week, I thought I would share the story of “Joey Balone” from the Little Betsy files. I’m pretty sure I meant “Joey Baloney”. This was written at the beginning of third grade when I was 8. It might be a little hard to read [...]

The Trouble With Self-Imposed Deadlines

You may be shocked to hear this, but I have trouble with time. It always takes me longer to get where I need to be than I think it will. If I want to be somewhere by a particular time, I usually have to fool myself about either the time I have to leave, or [...]

The Benefits Of Routine

I’ve probably said this before, but there really are a lot of benefits to routine. I’m always reminded of this when my routine is broken for one reason or another. I’ve found that in my life I need a routine. I need structure. Without it, I find one thing bleeding into the next until the [...]

Muse In The Morning

    For your entertainment, I would like to share a typical morning conversation between me, my Muse and Coffee.     Betsy: *drags self out of bed and over to computer* Hi. Muse. Hey. Betsy: *yawn* Muse: Is that Coffee? Betsy: Yeah. Coffee: Hi. Betsy and Muse: Hi. Coffee: Wanna drink? Betsy: More than [...]

Fear

Sometimes I find myself totally paralyzed by fear. It comes from many sources and for many reasons. Usually it’s fear of failure or a fear of my own inadequacy in a particular situation. Sometimes it’s fear of the future or fear of the consequences of my own actions. Sometimes it’s fear of change or the [...]

I Am Not In Anaheim

I am not in Anaheim. Nora Roberts is. But, wait. Am I telling you the truth? After all, have you ever seen me and Nora Roberts in the same place at the same time? Could it be…. Hmmmm…. Oh, okay. We’re not the same person, although Nora does envy me my adventure-filled life. So, you [...]