The context of an hour
I spend lots of hours with my family. Over the past weekend, I spent the majority of Friday, and pretty much all of Saturday and …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Platform, explained and semi-embraced
Every industry has its buzzwords. “Platform” is a big one in the book publishing business. It’s easy to loathe but I think it’s also misunderstood. …Read More
Fall fun! (well, except for the face painting)
Fall colors are at their peak here, and we had gorgeous weather this weekend. I’m also realizing that Halloween is no longer a day but …Read More
Looking for a good fall read?
I love fall. Yesterday, driving to pick up my son at swimming, I was so taken with the slanted early evening light reflecting off the …Read More
The hard truth about becoming a work-at-home parent
Crystal Paine is known online as the “Money Saving Mom.” The focus of her site is deals and sales, but her new book coming out …Read More
Sleep and the stubborn child
I should start this post by saying I am completely agnostic on any reasonable method of getting children to sleep. I suspect that kids respond …Read More
What would a perfect mother be like?
While reading Time magazine’s recent cover story on Millennial parents, I came across a statistic Time said was from a BabyCenter report: “It surveyed 2,700 …Read More
Edison Talk: A recap
I’ve been trying to better my game in the speaking category lately, and Friday I got to do some things that would have been tough …Read More
Can you really spend just 20 hours a week on core production?
I’ve been writing about how to construct the perfect 40-hour workweek. (Key line: create a career that’s on fire without you getting burned out!). I …Read More
Gearing up for NaNoWriMo
Last year I participated in National Novel Writing Month, or “NaNoWriMo” for short. This is a massive phenomenon where people commit to writing 50,000 words …Read More