At first glance, deciding to focus on Self all year sounds pretty… well self-involved. I’m not talking about making everything about me, however. I’m talking about Self in five separate ways: SELF-CARE Late last year, I promised myself that I would take better care of my emotional and mental health. I’m going to learn how…
Tag: Romance Author
Denver Here I Come
Next week, I’m heading west to attend the Romance Writers of America National Conference in Denver, Colorado. This year’s theme is Rethink, Revitalize, Renew – particularly appropriate as I start my reset this month. I’m looking forward to spending time with my writing tribe, drinking margaritas, talking about the state of the industry, drinking margaritas,…
Turns Out We’re Listening to the News All Wrong
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve noticed the world has become increasingly politically divided. (Personally, I’d like to live under a rock so as to avoid the politics, but sadly, the world will not let me, much as I try.) Anyway, if you are being bombarded with political info – and that would be…
Goodbye North Adams
Yesterday morning, at approximately 11:50 am, I closed and locked the door on my mother’s house. I posed for a photograph with my brother on the front lawn. I wished him and my sister-in-law a safe flight home. Then, I got in my car and drove away from my childhood home for the very last…
Barb’s Social Media Detox: 22 Days In
It’s been 22 days since I started my social media sabbatical. With only two exceptions (Tattoo’s engagement and Intrigue author Paula Grave’s death) I have not been on Facebook or Twitter. I’ll confess I did stay on Snapchat until January 4, but that was to follow my son and his fiancé’s vacation photos. I logged…
Barb the Bad Blogger
It’s been a while since I updated this page, I know. Life got a way from me for a while there. To be honest, I stopped blogging because I wasn’t sure anyone was actually reading my posts. (Or my books for that matter.) But then, Penny Watson posted a terrific blog about how she was…