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November 1, 2015

Juggling November

Two years ago, I wrote a blog post on Halloween night discussing whether I should take part in NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. I did do NaNo that year and “won,” meaning I wrote 50,000 words in the month of November. That first draft sucked. But for the next year and a half I worked Continue reading

Books, family, inspiration, Life, Love, Parenting, Working, Writing

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October 20, 2015

My First Writers’ Conference- NJRW Put Your Heart in a Book Conference

This past weekend, I had the good sense to attend the New Jersey Romance Writers Annual Put Your Heart In A Book Conference (click HERE for link). Two days of writerly information on the craft and the industry of romance writing! Thought I’d share a little summary. On Friday morning, I attended an editing workshop Continue reading

Books, inspiration, Likes, Writing

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September 18, 2013

Wedding Memories

Today, the Daily Post published a post titled, “One Topic, Three Takes: Weddings.” The post offered suggestions for bloggers to find new ways to post on old topics. Ben, of the Daily Post, used weddings as an example. Despite the frequency of wedding posts, Ben illustrated how the topic could be refreshed by highlighting authors who offered new style, Continue reading

family, Life, Love, Uncategorized

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September 8, 2013

Weekend Chatter

Happy Sunday Everyone! I type this post while watching the second quarter of the Cowboys-Giants game (DVR’ing Breaking Bad– decisions, decisions). I love watching a good football game, especially when it’s not a Jets game. My poor husband, a lifelong Jets fan, suffers season after season watching the Jets. Sometimes there’s cursing and yelling involved. Continue reading

family, Friendship, Life, Likes, Movies, Relationships, television, Yoga

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September 4, 2013

Things That Make You Go Hmmm . . . . Trenton Style, Part II

Hi Everyone! I’ve been off of work since last Thursday and it just dawned on me that I haven’t posted yet this week. We’ve been dealing with back-to-school for all three of my boys (my husband is a teacher), who of course are in three different school districts and have three different schedules. That I Continue reading

Life, Likes, Uncategorized, Working

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August 6, 2013

Things That Make You Go Hmmm…. Trenton Style

Trenton, New Jersey! The New Jersey state capital. I get to work there and it never ceases to amaze me. First, the people. My biggest complaint about the People of Trenton is that they don’t know to “cross on green.” It would really help traffic patterns and us out-of-town road-ragers if they’d just follow this Continue reading

Life, Uncategorized, Working

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April 12, 2013

Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

My first attempt at the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. The topic is “Change.” See the Challenge here. Have a nice weekend! Continue reading

History, Uncategorized

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February 24, 2013

Odd and Ends

New Jersey gets a bad rap, but there are lots of great things about living here. I hope to dedicate a post to New Jersey eventually. For now, know that one great thing about The Garden State is its proximity to New York City. These pictures were taken from the waiting room of a doctor’s Continue reading

Entertainment, Life, Likes, Movies

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