Happy Daylight Savings Time! Oh yeah, springing forward and losing an hour of sleep is not a cause for celebration. Resetting clocks around the house is easier than resetting our body clocks. It’s like having jet lag without the fun of traveling. Most Americans are already running a ZZZ deficit. People even brag about how little sleep they can get by…
Are you a pro in procrastination? It happens to everyone in some area of life. When I was in school and had a paper to write, my delaying tactic was to organize my desk. There is always something more interesting than assembling research into a coherent essay. Ad infinitum. Again and again. It would be…
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? Nothing is more magical to me than the sound of a child reading a book. Well, except maybe the sound of a book being read to a child! The main reason I felt driven to write children’s books was to add to the magically enticing library of stories already appealing…
Teachers always ask me to talk to their students about the writing process when I show up for a classroom visit. Students think good writers are just born that way; that Shakespeare penned all his works in one brilliant flash of creation. Every person has stories to tell. We probably all could write a book.…
Many Christian denominations observe Lent, which begins this week on Ash Wednesday. The season will conclude on Easter Sunday, around six weeks from now. Lent lasts for 40 days, actually 46, but Sunday’s are not counted. Sunday represents the resurrection, so Christians choose to not fast or perform penance on the Sabbath. Before embarking on…
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