In it for the long haul
In my post on being creative on demand, I mentioned the goal of getting to a place where most of your work is stuff that …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Update on Q1 goals
I’m interrupting “creative careers” week on the blog to post an update on my Q1 goals. This year I elected to set quarterly goals rather …Read More
My advice for a first-time book author, and not about the writing part
Dear first-time author: Congrats on your book contract! This is a major accomplishment. You’re no doubt nervous about writing a 75,000 word manuscript over the next …Read More
How to be creative on demand
“Deep in the countryside of Bordeaux, France, anyone out wandering one early-January night in 2013 might have caught a curious sight: a black-haired woman in …Read More
Postpartum weight loss (round 4)
It’s food week here on the blog, and today I’m writing about my current relationship with the topic. I had a baby 10 weeks ago, …Read More
It doesn’t have to be dinner
Family dinner has become a Big Thing in the cultural narrative. Various surveys purport to show that kids who eat dinner with their families regularly …Read More
Cheers for in-home date night
There comes a time, when you have 4 small children, when it feels like they completely take over your life. This weekend had elements of that. …Read More
Oh, for crying out loud…
I woke up to this: snow. On the first day of spring! Fortunately, this truly should be it. Looking at the 5-day forecast, the temperatures …Read More
Signs of spring (and a round-up)
I spotted snow drops on my run on Wednesday. They were poking up, as they often do, randomly in a patch of grass where whatever …Read More