The end of the year is a pretty big time in the blogging/writing community. November marks NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) wherein participants are challenged to write 50,000 words from November 1st to November 30th. It's also PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) which challenges participants to come up with one picture book concept daily. Both of those are book-related. But in October, November, AND December, depending on your blogging genre and intended audience, you can also find a ... VIEW POST

There are roles in my life - jobs that I have - where payment seems almost criminal. The work is easy for me, and although necessary, I love doing it so much that it seems like it should simply be a gift. Other roles? Sometimes even double or twice my salary isn't enough to justify the insanity therein. Those are the days I want to give them up. Those are the hard days when I want to just chuck these roles out the window and say, "To heck with this, let's just quit." Life's not all gum ... VIEW POST