A crazy thing happened this week…I was on television! I was invited to be on a local TV station, BLAB-TV Pensacola to discuss the April 2015 Writers Digest Poem a Day competition I participated in. I was also able to talk about writing as a discipline and what inspires me. This was a wonderful opportunity …
Parents and children love to read, especially during hot and long summer days. Local libraries and bookstores offer summer reading lists for parents to use as a guide and for kids to enjoy. As a parent of two small children, I am grateful for this. However, what if the reading list overwhelms both you and …
Woo hoo! Hip hip Hooray!!! I made it through an entire month of the April Writers Digest Poem a Day challenge. Sure, it may not seem like much to some folks to write a poem for 30 days in a row. However, making time to write a poem daily while also raising a family, working …
The challenge is reaching the end. There are just a few days left of this April Writers Digest Poem A Day competition. This past week had some strange and a few normal, expected topics. Below are the poems I wrote for days 20 through 26. For Day 20, it was a fill in the blank …
As with most challenges, this April Writers Digest Poem A Day competition has grown fiercer in the last week. The prompts were more difficult or thought-provoking for me. Still I pushed through it and wrote something each day this week. Below is my poetry written for days 13 through 19. For Day 13 we were …
I’m keeping up with my April Writers Digest Poem a Day (PAD) Challenge. For week two, we were given a variety of diverse prompts each day. Below is my poetry written from day 6 through 12. For Day 6 we were prompted to write “Things Not as They Appear” I thought about reflection in a …
I’m continuing my journey in the Writers Digest Poem a Day (PAD) Challenge. I went out of town for a few days so I was composing poetry from the car or a hotel room but I’m still working toward the one-a-day for a month goal. I write my poems daily but I’m posting them here …
I am always up for a new challenge. I have been known to even create my own challenge in the past. When I saw that Writers Digest is having a Poem a Day (PAD) Challenge for the entire month of April, I thought…Hell yes, I’m doing this! The contest encourages all participants to write a …
I just finished writing a children’s book. The actual time spent writing the book only took about two hours. The research and preparation I did prior to my writing took about 20 hours – several visits to the library, a 2.5 hour documentary and many internet searches. The editing work I did after those first …
On Thursday afternoon I went shopping with the purpose to buy a swim suit for an upcoming trip to the beach. I was determined to find one that didn’t make me loathe myself and covered up the necessary parts. Swim suit shopping for most women is torture. I can’t say I enjoy it. But I …