Lego Hell

April 26, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“At least it isn’t very expensive” she says, glancing at the $500 worth of Star Wars battle ships, cantinas and tiny action figures sitting on the living room shelf. Sigh.

My new CV title: toddler management specialist

August 4, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Haven taken a year off to rear my human and complete a novel manuscript, I recently decided to hit the old job board and get back into the rodent race. I was actually getting pretty excited about planning projects that don’t involve Popsicle sticks–until I started reading some job descriptions. It went something like this: Nope, […]

Why I endured nine months of no coffee

May 5, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As I type this, my wrists are getting sweaty from my too-warm key pad and the glare from the sunshine outside is obscuring half my screen. Summer is barely here and already it’s annoying me. And to think I used to think this time of year was for swimming in lakes, drinking root beer […]

Grandmas, Netflix and other sanity savers for the obsessive writer

April 7, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My mom is away this week, visiting my sister in Montreal. And though it’s only been four days so far, already I am going a little crazy without someone to sub me off of Toddler-dom and set my fingers free. Yes, I love spending time with my son, but creativity, when not regularly unleashed […]

Things that inspire me to write #26: Pinky Dinky Doo

January 3, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

You know have a toddler in your life when all the shows you are up to date on include at least one talking animal. Still, as the bronies phenomenon can attest to, there are some pretty quality children’s shows out there these days, providing not only reasonable entertainment but also promoting animal conservation, problem solving, […]

Things that inspire me to write #39: My iPad

December 21, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sometimes two minutes means everything. As much as I love playing dinosaur and train and zoo animals with my son for only the millionth time today, sometimes I just need a bit more mommy time to get that last paragraph finished. And while Dora and Diego’s animal saving ways have apparently lost their charm, our iPad has […]

Things that inspire me to write #83: JK Rowling

November 6, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

I have a son. He’s two, and at least once a day I feel like locking myself in the bathroom so that I can write for more than five seconds without him thrusting small plastic animals on my keyboard and demanding we play zookeeper again. With the many demands of being a mom, the task […]