Writing

Hi everyone, I’m so excited to announce that my book Finding Mommy Bliss is coming out soon via the new Snippet App!  It’s been really fun to be one of the authors in this new app’s launch and to work with the amazing Bamboo Creative (the creators of Snippet). The scoop on Snippet: It’s a new...

Why, yes. Yes, I did!I am utterly thrilled to announce a new arrival in our household. Affectionately known as The Big D, the fruits of my labor were born March 14, 2013 at 6:32 p.m., weighing in at 217 pages of prose, 58 pages of front/back matter, an...

Blog Hop: easier agreed to than done A Next Best Thing blog hop is a giant game of tag to help readers discover authors who are new to them.  kern.justin / Wedding Photos / CC BY-NC-ND Naomi Williams, one of my former creative writing instr...

  An article in the Sacramento Bee today, March 5, reports on the election for school board members in Los Angeles, California. The article was written by Jennifer Medina of the New York Times. The odd bit about the school board election in L.A. is that money, a lot of it, is being funneled...

I crave community. A sense of belonging. I need to fit. And I realized yesterday--amidst the throes of a weepy Saturday--I've spent much of my life trying to find my fit. Where I belong. Who I am in the middle of this world around me.

Some days, dissertation writing is exciting/productive.Other days, it looks like this! "Onnneeeee, twoooooo...""Rock!" "Rock!""Onnneeeee, twooooo...""Paper!" "Paper!""Onnneeeee, twoooooo...""Rock!" "Rock!"(Giggles)"Onnneeeee, twoooooo...""Rock!" "...

  The President, in his speech to congress, once again broached the idea of pre-school for all children. Briefly stated, the costs would be borne by the federal and state governments, perhaps on a sliding scale, maybe on a needs basis. Details will have to be worked out. The devil is always in the...

Education is an ever moving critter. At the same time, some of that movement is simply a shiny new wrapper for an old idea. The trick is to be able to deal with the shiny new wrapper, and take what’s good and use it. Classroom flipping. Flipping the classroom. One thing is for certain:...

Sometimes, out of the blue, someone comes along at the perfect moment to point you in the right direction when you come to a fork in the road. For me, that someone was Shawn Hansen, The Indie Book Marketer.  A ...

A stranger shared this "random act of art" with me. ForSacramento natives, it is entitled: "Madison + SunriseRedwoods, rocks, and palms."I looked up from my laptop to see a 50-something fellow dressed in an officer's uniform sit down across from me. Ig...