Announcing the 2016 September Hour-a-Day Challenge!!!

Happy End of Summer!!!

Oh, ugh. I can’t even say that with a straight face.

I love summer–I’m a sunshine and beach girl. And for my writing, summer’s also the best time of year because I’m a teacher, and the start of school means long, intense days in the classroom, plus nights and weekends full of grading and prepping new lessons. I love teaching and I love my students, but it hurts that from now to next June, writing will be catch as catch can.

Sigh.

Two years ago, as I faced the return o...