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The bird and I are going to take some time off and unplug to deal with that personal stuff, catch up on work and otherwise get things sort...

Ten Things to Help You Time Your Work Sessions This aquarium timer from Onlineclock.net provides a nice fish tank backdrop. The alarm wh...

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Inspiration for stories come from innumerable sources, but I find most of mine in the real world. I especially love the unsolved mysteries ...

I'm unplugging to catch up on some work. See you on Friday. Image credit: Designed by Freepik

I found these free pics and over 700K more at Freepik.com, which allows you to download any of them without strings. All you're a...

Freeware caution: always scan free downloads of anything for bugs and other threats before dumping the programs into your hard drive. The ...

Ignore me today. I'm playing again with Blogger's photo upload thing. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. Now...

As I might have mentioned, I bought a Zen wall calendar for my home office. Each month it gives me a word that is supposed to remind me to ...

Most of us write every day, but we writers tend not to count things other than fiction as writing. Writing for us = story. I admit, I'...

The bird and I are locking ourselves in the office today to nail a deadline. See you on Friday.

Last night I slept for seven hours straight. This was deep sleep, too, with dreams that I vaguely remember (something about trying on cloth...

The Woman Left Behind , Linda Howard's latest release, is out now, and the promo got me interested enough to pre-order. For anyone like...

One of the many books I read while on hiatus was Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesey-Smith . For a while...

To practice what I preach, one of the new habits my guy and I are trying to get into is taking long nature walks. I'm bringing the came...

As promised (or threatened, depending on your POV) I'm back. The much-needed break jump-started my muse, and also let me properly prepa...

Checking in to let everyone know I'm fine. See, here? I'm getting a home manicure. The fountain of creativity is slowly refillin...

Creativity really is like water. It ebbs and flows, trickles and floods, and can be anything from a gentle shower to a roaring tsunami. I...