Hey there everyone! I’m going to be doing quite a lot of maintenance on the site in the weeks to come, so please bear with me if the blog doesn’t get updated as it should. Once everything gets settled, I’ll be back to my regularly-scheduled posting! Read More →
I have recently enrolled in a new writing class, “Internet Writing Markets,” that is proving to be incredibly interesting. We’re only three lessons in, but so far we’ve covered freelance sites, e-zines, and web newsletters. As the course progresses, I’ll be sure to post resources from my notes here. Naturally, I can’t post lessons or direct quotes, because I don’t want to violate my instructor’s copyright or intellectual property rights, but I will... Continue Reading →
A friend of mine recently (like, yesterday) turned me on to the book-lover’s dream site: GoodReads.com I’m hooked, I tell you. For anyone who has no desire to become an Oprah-lemming, waiting for her to tell you what next to read, GoodReads is absolutely stellar. Go, check it out, and friend me! I’m Hope there…because I’m creative like that. Heh. www.GoodReads.com Read More →
Every day, my spam folder has at least ten to twenty emails offering me the rather remarkable chance to make hundreds of dollars every day by spending a couple of hours whipping a few hundred words out for some “write from home!” website. Every day, I delete each one of these emails without opening them. I can’t help but wonder, though, how many people do actually fall for the salespitch. There are a lot of legitimate ways to make money by writing online. Paid blogs, website... Continue Reading →
The dog has bladder stones and a urinary tract infection, poor guy…the kitty has skin allergies that are driving her mad, poor girl…and our other cat seems to be going through a “hell on four legs” phase… …and how are you? Oy! Read More →
I’m giving some real thought to starting up a fitness transformations blog. Credit it to my excitement over joining the new gym, and my extreme annoyance with myself for allowing my physicality to get where it is, but I am determined to have a ridiculously dramatic before-and-after moment this summer. After all…we are traveling to Romania in September, and if I’m going to be hiking around the foothills of Transylvania, climbing 1400+ stone steps to explore castles and ruins atop... Continue Reading →
Such a good day! We joined a new gym, about which I am extremely excited. As some of you know, I was once a group fitness instructor at my old gym. Thanks to a former boss, I wasn’t able to continue teaching, which not only broke my heart but also made it extremely awkward all the way around. So today, the mister and I were out running errands and decided to swing through a new gym opening up not far from our home. Fell in love with the place within five minutes. I almost keeled over... Continue Reading →
*watches tumbleweeds blow by* I’m still alive, just somewhat shadow-lurking right now. Still abysmally sick, I’m coughing my head off, feeling like acid is being poured down my throat, and as if an anvil sitting on my chest. I’m just sick and tired of being sick and tired. My days are spent lying around like a used-up dishcloth. The place is a wreck; every time I start to clean, I send myself into a coughing fit. Hubby missed a week of work because he has the same thing, but... Continue Reading →
Much to my surprise, I am finding the ability to focus both my eyes and brain simultaneously and produce something akin to coherent thought. What do you know, Christmas miracles do occur! The past many days have been spent in migraine agony, but thanks to the fervent efforts of my lovely doctor and his white-hot prescription pad and illegible handwriting, we may be on our way to a manageable route of treatment. As a long-time sufferer of chronic migraines, I am accustomed to fairly frequent pain,... Continue Reading →
So… *glances at NaNo widget over <—– there* I finished NaNo! Now, may I pleeeeeease sleep?? Read More →
