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To read pile

by | Oct 18, 2013 | Blog, Musings

My to read pile is more like a mountain these days. Though I’ve shed dozens of books in the last few weeks, I have started accumulating new ones, and I can’t seem to stop. I certainly can’t read them fast enough to keep the pile down. I think I have...

NaNoWriMo Madness

by | Oct 10, 2013 | Blog, Musings, News

National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, is a crazy, wonderful adventure that kicks off every year on November 1. For thirty days, hundreds of thousands of writers around the world put aside normal stuff like going to work and doing laundry, to hunker...

The first romance novel I ever read

by | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog, Musings

I’ve always been attracted to a love story with a happy ending, but I haven’t always identified myself as a romance reader. Romeo and Juliet is not my favorite tale, needless to say. I remember getting a novel called Love at First Sight when I was in maybe...

Watching TV without a TV

by | Sep 19, 2013 | Blog, Musings

I don’t have TV. I have a television, yes, but no cable. Yet, I watch plenty of hours of TV per week via Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant and the occasional (annoying) network video player (CBS I am talking about you). As much as I love not paying for cable,...

Recipe disaster

by | Aug 29, 2013 | Blog, Musings

Besides writing and raising my 17 month-old son, the other thing I spend a good chunk of time on is cooking. I really love to bake, but since I don’t need more reasons to eat sugar, lately I’ve been cooking healthier options. I also got a slow cooker for...