Still working on my first novel, I am now in revision mode. Not in the way I've been "working" on it for all these years. No, this time I am truly revising my draft with a plan and a roadmap, like a real writer, or at least what I imagine a real writer is. It doesn't matter, … [Read more...]
New Year Declarations 2022
Instead of resolutions, I'm making new year declarations for 2022: Finish My Novel (for real I mean it) Really finish the never-finished novel. In case you are playing along at home, the last time I posted here was a year ago, with an update that I had sent my novel to a … [Read more...]
Happy 2022 Agoura Hills!
It's been a while since I posted here—I'll confess, I've been busy with other things and most of my activity has been posted in the Parents of Agoura Hills Facebook group. I thought I'd take the new year as an opportunity to return to the blog and post some useful items and an … [Read more...]
Author
Hey guess what. (I keep forgetting to tell you stuff here.) I finished the novel I've been writing since 2014. I completed the story back in November, went through it again to make sure it wasn't glaringly error-ridden, compiled the manuscript (Scrivener users will know what that … [Read more...]
Vindication
Kyle has been over my blog for years, because "it's cringey," and mom bloggers everywhere can understand this feeling. But oh, sweet, sweet vindication. Kyle has to write an autobiography for his AP European History class. He needs to cite sources. If only there was a … [Read more...]