Guys, it’s my birthday today! I know the mature, demure thing to do would be wave it off. Pretend I’m too old to get excited about birthdays and I haven’t actually been thinking about ice cream cake for a week now. But I’m not and I have and I’m sorry, I just like the day, okay? Seeing as how I’m another …
Things to do when you’re super sick (complete with pie chart)
I got really sick last week. I’m kind of still sick now as I’m typing this. There’s been a LOT of cough medicine consumption. The result is this post. I’m…sorry. ***** If a person is going to have a blog, she should use said blog to benefit humanity, yeah? Well, today I’m using my blog to educate the general public …
Why no, I didn’t wear heels to the State Fair
One of my long-distance best friends and I have a tradition. It’s a tradition shared by about a million people each August. The Iowa State Fair. We go each year. Partially because I only live a few miles away. Partially because it makes a great excuse to see each other. And partially because we have an irrational love for the …
The Monday Haps
Yep, I just used the word “haps.” Is that 30s-appropriate jargon? I mean, I know it falls dangerously close to deets, totes and adorbs territory…and I know I’m too old for those. (Partial lie…because I’m pretty sure I used “adorbs” at least once last week when I didn’t have enough characters on Twitter to spell out adorable.) But I’m not quite …
Super Bowl + Full House + 80s commercials = so much blog fun
So I was thinking with the Super Bowl coming up, I should probably whip out a blog post for folks like me who are totally going to watch the game—’cause it’s the American thing to do and all—but who may not be all that into the sport itself. Then I was like, wait, I already did that. Last year. Which …
The post about Sherlock.
Sometimes there are important things in the world that I feel, as a conscientious blogger, it’s my duty to write about. But some of these important things are SO great that I find I can’t even cover them intelligently. BBC’s Sherlock would be one of those things. I couldn’t even come up with a proper Top Ten list (which is …
Gift wrapping for the tape-impaired Part 2
In 2012, one of the most visited posts on my blog was a post on Christmas present wrapping. Because many of us are probably in wrapping mode again, I thought a re-post might be helpful. BUT I’m not entirely cheating here because this year I’ve come up with FIVE additional solutions. So read on for the original post and this year’s …
How to stalk your favorite author at ACFW…
This is a post mainly for writers who are attending the ACFW Conference next week. However, for those of you who aren’t writers or are not attending ACFW, it’s possible you might still find a morsel of usefulness in this post…IF you have plans to stalk someone at anytime in the near future.* So feel free to keep reading. One of my favorite …
The one thing you should never, ever say to a writer.
So, last week I got a review I was pretty excited about for my book. I might have squealed a little when I read it. I told a few people. And one person’s response went a little (or exactly) like this: “Oh cool. So you got almost as many stars as you could have.” Yup. 🙂 To be fair, I …
Because these are the kinds of blog posts you come up with when you’re sunburned & tired.
Here’s a fact: The first thought on my mind when I woke up Sunday morning was this:OH NO…I forgot to get cotton candy at the State Fair yesterday!!This is distressing stuff, people. Because who forgets cotton candy at the fair? I mean, never mind that I live less than three miles from the fairgrounds, less than five miles from an …