Happy Thanksgiving, Friends!! Speaking of FRIENDS, I have two super special ladies that the world wide web has brought into my life—Abby Mathews and Melanie Parish. They are the amazing mamas of the Mom Writes Podcast! We met through one of my favorite Facebook...
Put simply, a writer spends time writing for readers. At the end of the day, “readers” may be singular and synonymous with the writer, or add up to millions. Last Thursday I shared with you six lessons I’d learned from writing. This past week I had...
My wonderful readers, you have been incredibly patient and wonderful and supportive; and I’m so happy to have you on this journey with me! I think it’s about time for me to share with you a little about what I’m writing and about why writing on...
Writing doesn’t always happen. Sometimes life happens instead.That’s not always a bad thing, of course. Take this past week, for example. Since we last chatted, I attended the phenomenal MS Book Festival, rejoiced at the baptisms of both of my children,...
Have you ever wished you could take out wanted ads for life? Wanted: one house elf to wash dishes, scrub baseboards, clean toilets and complete other equally annoying tasks Wanted: a Lewis to my Tolkien (Don’t laugh, but I actually wrote this one out and...
Lisa Frank and secrets My most prized Christmas gift for many years was a large hardcover journal that usually originated in the bargain section of Waldenbooks. (Yes, I remember those stores…fondly.) I loved journaling! I would write thoughts, happenings, dreams or...
