• It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

    Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! Please help yourself to Christmas cookies, cocoa and coffee. And, enjoy a little Christmas inspiration as you take a break from your writing to enjoy the holidays! “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” Bing Crosby “White Christmas” Bing Crosby

  • Where the Hell Have I Been & NaNo

    Hello Everyone!!! I hope you are all having a Happy Halloween and for many of my writer friends, it is NaNoWriMo time tomorrow!! I am so happy you stopped by to say, “Hello.” So, the short answer to, Where the Hell have I been? Nose to the grindstone – WORKING, Blah!!! I work in three…

  • The Writer’s Life: Interview at “Head Above Water”

      My friend (and writer extraordinaire) , Alison Wells, at Head Above Water was kind enough to feature me in an interview. She is doing a wonderful series of interviews with writers who are mothers and asking questions about how they balance writing and family. I really enjoyed reading the interviews and hearing about the lives…

  • The Writer’s Life: Spring Creativity Renewal

    Happy Easter to Everyone! Is anyone else feeling the urge for a Creativity Renewal this spring? I’m feeling a little more tired and frumpy since last summer. This has been a long, gray, cold winter for many of us. We are promised 60 degree weather and sun for Easter in Minnesota. So, I can feel that…

  • Twitter Friends Are The Best!

    Bird, Bird, Bird, Bird is the word… I have been lamenting my limited time online these past few months, but I am thankful when I am able to connect to the friends I have made on Twitter these past couple years. Today I wanted to share a wonderful experience I had getting together with one of…

  • The Writer’s Life: My Muses who are Meow-ses

    We all need our Muses to inspire our writing life . Some of my Muses are Meow-ses. Here are my two new little cuties! I LOVE baby kitties, and we have just adopted two from the same litter. It will be our last two, since we already have two older ones. We have adopted all…

  • Fun: 1.1.11 Party: Punch & Fondue

    As some of you know, my site has hosted many parties for writers & anyone who loves creativity and fun.  I began with my first party last New Year’s Eve with the Once In A Blue Moon Party. However, my recent new job & health needs have reduced my online time in the last few…

  • Fiction: Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas (pt.3)

    This weekend I am reposting my three part series, Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas, about the Kaszinov Family(portions rewritten). I had fun last year imagining what it would be like to celebrate Christmas in a Russian Mafia family, well, at least a goofy one. These posts were my first #FridayFlash-es. This is Part 3 of 3…

  • Fiction: Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas (pt.2)

    This weekend I am reposting my three part series, Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas, about the Kaszinov Family(portions rewritten). I had fun last year imagining what it would be like to celebrate Christmas in a Russian Mafia family, well, at least a goofy one. These posts were my first #FridayFlash-es. This is Part 2 of 3…

  • Fiction: Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas (pt.1)

    This weekend I am reposting my (portions rewritten) three part series, Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas, about the Kaszinov Family. I had fun last year imagining what it would be like to celebrate Christmas in a Russian Mafia family, well, at least a goofy one. These posts were my first #FridayFlash-es. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tasha Kaszinov never imagined…