To celebrate my book birthday, I’m sponsoring list mania. Okay, so today’s not my exact book birthday. That happened on March 8. But my newest book, THE HOT LIST (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin M!X) is only a newborn at just over one month. And you want to show off your new baby, right? You want to […]
Five Minute Craft Sunday: Gift Boxes
Isn’t this is a cool looking gift box? It’s so easy to make. I don’t know about you, but in my house I’m always scrambling for wrapping paper, especially since I have this thing against buying store bought wrapping paper. I’m constantly throwing or recycling papers so my idea would be to use paper I […]
Are You Experiencing Chepahzuch?
Yesterday my 82 year-old aunt Nettie was groaning on the phone. She had just survived a heart attack, followed by a fall in her bathroom (breaking a pelvis) only to have a run in with a stomach virus. It’s “Chepahzuch!” she said explaining it all. “Chepahzuch?” I asked. “What’s that?” “It’s bad stuff and it’s […]
Surviving Spring Break As a Mom When You Work at Home
I work full-time as a children’s book author and I teach during the summer and online during the school year. I not only survive Spring Break, but also mostly thrive because of the following three principles. 1) Setting up babysitting swaps. When I set up swaps, it’s win-win because my three kids (kinder, fifth grader […]
How I Find Time to Write
1) I’m a really bad housewife. 2) Did I mention that I’m not good with the cleaning and organizing stuff? 3) I don’t do the main grocery shopping. My husband does it once a week at Costco. 4) When my kids were small I had daycare at least twice a week so I could write. […]
The Excitement of the ARC
There is nothing like the feeling of receiving your ARC in the mail. I was reminded of this yesterday when I received Taylor Morris’ ARC BFF Breakup. It’s like seeing your baby fully dressed for the first time. You always knew your baby would look good in clothes and now here’s the proof. Sure there’s […]