Author of Young Adult and Teen Books
Ever wonder what the typical day of a writer looks like? 7:00 a.m. I am usually awake by this time. My most productive brain time is in the morning. I have ADHD, and I tend to treat it using coffee. I make myself a cup of coffee and go to my office. While I drink …
I’ve been extremely frustrated lately with the fact that when I sit down with every intention to write in the evenings, I can never find that spark of inspiration. What’s the deal? All day at work, I mull over ideas in my head and I’m certain that as soon as I’m home I will put …
Sorry for the MIA. So much has happened since my last blog post. I lost my domain name. Apparently some foreign retail store now has it. They are benefitting from the traffic that I had worked many years to create. I’m mad about that, but I refuse to pay them for the return of my …
It has been some time since I wrote or things have been normal for me. We have been currently displaced and will be for some time, though I do hope by next week we will have some sense of normalcy until we can find a permanent place to call home. I didn’t think that I’d …
I know. I get it. You’re probably thinking what do squirrels and this blog have in common? Well, just hear me out. My son’s psychologist, during his appointment, diagnosed me as having ADHD. I sympathize a lot with my students who become easily distracted over the smallest of issues, and when you have those same …
Lately it seems as if the whole world is out of focus. I want to blame much of it on my depression, but I know that some of it has to do with the decisions I have to make regarding moving forward with my teaching career. That in itself did not help with the depression. …
I realized on Monday that I mentioned my stroke, but I don’t think that I had posted anything about it. A few weeks ago, I was on my way to work and once I arrived at work, I noticed that things were not right. I suspected that I had stroke, and within 40 minutes, I …
I despise moving, and I know that this will not be the first move for me this year. Right now, I’m just trying to get back into a routine of writing and working at home, but the clutter is starting to overtake me and my thoughts. There’s something about clutter that makes me uncomfortable. I …