This Star Won't Go Out By Esther Earl, Lori Earl & Wayne Earl with John Green Available on Amazon in both hardback and Kindle formats. A while back, my friend, Kevin, gave me a formula to use for reviews. It goes something like this one-third summary, one-third what others have thought of it and …
Where should my efforts go? A month into summer and I am still working on three different stories at once. I write pieces everyday and try my best to map them out so I know where things are going. I fret about not having the discipline to finish a full length novel. I worry that …
Last night, I had a great idea to do a review for the 4th of July on my favorite history books. Books that were easy to read and really informative. I would still like to suggest that you read through Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. It is a …
Reading one of my favorite blogs this morning - Live to Write – Write to Live inspired me. They were discussing what the summer time means to your writing and reading schedule. Summer as a teacher and a writer means there is actually less time for me to write. No set schedule which seems like it would …
There are always people who will make it work and those who will make excuses. A witless quote loving person might say in order to inspire others. The world is full of false inspiration wrapped in idol hope. Everywhere solutions promise to be the last one that you will ever need. But need and want are …
Friday Morning, I watched fourteen young women graduate from high school. A normal spring event across America, but this graduation was really something extraordinary. Because in one moment, they went from being a statistic to being truly phenomenal women. (They were already phenomenal, in truth, they just didn't know it.) Fourteen young mothers walked out …
Working at theme park on Memorial Day weekend is hectic and a little more than insane. Everyone wants to know if we are busy, how much tickets cost and why don't we have better discounts. I field the calls as best I can and as politely as possible. The only time I feel bad about …
Everyone needs to do it sometimes. I should have done it a little sooner this year, although I did it a little too much when I was in college. We all need to play hooky and today is my day to do it. But, hooky isn't the same when you are an adult. You have …
Every Sunday from now until September, I am schedule to work at my second job. Two nights a week, I teach at night and don't see my home until nearly nine at night. My life for the next month will continue to contain one day off a week and very little time that isn't spoken …
The weeks towards the end of school are becoming more and more hectic. Time is slipping through my fingers. Every time, I turn around there is something else that I am suppose to have done or being doing. Today, I am back at one of my second jobs and was hoping to be able get …
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