Gnome de Plume

Wow, it's hard to believe but summer is halfway over! School is set to start on August 14th and then we'll be in the swing of all th...

I want to thank Tara Hudson for turning my daughter into a reader. In early June, Tara came to our local SCBWI group and gave a talk about ...

I mentioned a week or so ago that I was judging another contest. This contest was for published books. A few weeks ago, I received four boo...

Computer: As you know last week I had some computer issues. The issues didn't stop when hubs replaced the mother board. After the board...

A few days ago, one of my writerly-type friends posted a note on FB that Parent & Child magazine listed the top 100 Greatest Books for K...

I know many people think I'm nuts by forcing myself to go on a writing sabbatical (blogging doesn't count, of course), but a break f...

Sorry, I'm a little late today.  Originally I was going to compare two authors, but I started reading another book and my thoughts about...

My head is stuffed full of snot and I really don't feel like writing.  Heck, I don't feel like doing much of anything.  I don't ...

Today is the first official day of summer as Friday was the kiddo's last day of school and weekends don't count. So, of course, I w...

We had a few rays of sunshine yesterday! Yay ! Hubster mowed the lawn while I took the kiddo to soccer practice. I used to read in the c...

Jody asked: "Since you are a writer and are accustomed to dissecting your own work, does it affect your enjoyment of reading? Are you ...

I just skimmed an interesting blog (yes, skimmed, I hate reading freakin ' long blog posts as it wastes too much of my time). After di...