I’m a Virgo, which anyone who knows anything about astronomy will assume means that I’m logical, analytical and well organized. In fact, this random website that came up first when I Googled “Virgo characteristics” says Virgos “keep the world in order.” Some of that may be true, but anyone who knows anything about me knows […]
Scenic Storytelling: My ARBU Wrapup, Part One
I spent the weekend at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference, which brought together 70 women from all over the states (and one each from Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas) to learn, connect and have fun. We certainly did all of that and more. It was a crazy busy whirlwind of activity that was at times […]
Overpacking and Oversnacking
When I was in high school, I had pretty simple tastes when it came to road trip snacking. When we’d load up the bus to go to the high school journalism convention (geek from way back, right here!) it was Funyuns, kiwi-strawberry Snapple and Violent Femmes on the boombox. The summer I worked in Oklahoma […]
AWBU 2012: Not (Just) About the Boots!
I have mentioned before that I am attending the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged conference, which is coming up next weekend. I’m really excited to get to take some time to hang out with all these smart, sassy ladies, learn more about blogging, be reminded why I want to do it and spend some time in […]
Putting Yourself Out There, Part Two
I’m pretty much a hermit with an Internet connection. I work at home, I spend my time after work at home, on the weekends most of the time what I’d most like to do is be at home. I do like to travel, and occasionally see people who aren’t my family, but it takes a […]
Something We Need to Talk About
I used to have a website all about freelance writing. It was supposed to allow me to teach what I’d learned about the business of writing, and also to make money. I failed miserably at the second and usually felt like I was shouting into the wilderness, so I shut the site down. But every […]
Lesson of the New Year #2: I Can’t Do It All
I had been doing well with some of my New Year’s resolutions, especially working out every day during the week and taking some extra time each day for cleaning and organizing chores that don’t always get done. Last week it all went to hell. In the span of a couple day the week before I […]