The Story vs. the Selling
When I worked for startups I had to change hats constantly. At the time I could switch my brain over to a new, unrelated task pretty easily... one minute you're [...]
Lessons
I'm working on my final edit pass of my first complete book. I was kind of anxious to do the sit-down-read-through but now that I'm there I'm actually enjoying it. [...]
In-betweens
The problem I have with maintaining a blog (and this isn't something that can be helped because it is part of life) is that there are long periods where nothing [...]
The Hiatus Challenge
Hi Everyone! As you know, I've been writing on this blog for seven years. And, as I think happens with a lot of people who start blogs, I thought I [...]
I swear I’m not doing it on purpose
So I keep accidentally reading porn. And this isn't like that time when I accidentally got a Brazilian bikini wax (hint: if you hear the wax technician say, "whoops"... stop [...]
Colds and other suckasses
I have a cold. That is all. Actually, that's not all. Chance started school again yesterday! He's in second grade this year. He was very excited and I'm pretty excited [...]
Seven years blogging!
This weekend was the weirdgirl blog's seventh anniversary! It's been a long, winding, sometimes strange road. I think we (myself included) mistake these online spaces as static. I mean, they [...]
Flying
The summer flew by. And I don't mean that in the usual way where you go, oh wow, where'd the week go? in a general attempt to deflect from the [...]
Dieting with Cobbler
Here's the story... last winter I ate a lot of carbs. I also sat around, a lot. And, as often happens in these cases, I gained weight. Not a ton [...]
Impasses and other fish
I've hit a wall with Chance about his occuptaional therapy. We've been doing rhythmic movement therapy (Primitive Reflex Integration) since last October. (Wow, I didn't realize it had been so [...]