Like all good partnerships, marriage takes teamwork, compromise, dedication, and commitment. Add kids (and four pets) to the mix and you have a whole new set of parameters that move around like a dart board when you've had too much to drink. Life is constantly changing and so do the rules, which are usually interpreted differently by each of us. Sure, we've always had lots … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
I’m a Word Geek and I Know It
In high school, I read voraciously. Not much has changed, as I'm pretty sure I read four books in the last week. Score! Back then, my brain was pretty spongy (that sounds awful!). Everything I slurped up I added to my knowledge well. Not so uncommon, I guess, when we're young. In addition to the education that school and sports and socializing offered, one of my favorite … [Read more...]
Jenna versus the Mountain
Ever been overwhelmed by the scope of the project in front of you? A few weeks after my hand surgery I turned my attention to revising my current work in progress (a hockey story). As I dug into my revision process I realized that my draft is, shall we say…..not polished. And the ending doesn’t work. And I have too many secondary characters running around who don’t … [Read more...]
I finally downloaded Scrivener and this is why…
This is not an endorsement for Scrivener, but I wanted to share my experience. I have toiled with the decision of whether or not to buy Scrivener for a long time and I finally downloaded it this weekend. Why? The primary reason is because they recently announced on their Blog that they are in Beta testing for iPad!! I travel a lot and I like to use my iPad to write. I had … [Read more...]
Why We Write
This has been a difficult month to be a citizen of the world. I don't think I need to elaborate, and honestly, I don't want to. When tragedy and injustice strike, I often retreat from life on the interwebs. It's not that I don't care. It's that I feel inadequate to fix what's broken. I'm not a first responder. I don't work in the medical field, I'm not trained in grief … [Read more...]
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