I have always thought Hawaii to be just another one of those touristy places and because of that, we've avoided visiting. But this year we decided to use it as a layover from Seoul. Most all of our friends have done it and said it helped with jet lag. I was wrong. I...

I'm three hours and counting until we leave for the airport for Hawaii. So exciting! It will be all of our first time there and it should be a great way to use as a stopover and get over some of that awful jet lag.We are packing up the last few items to have all boxed...

Oh, I've decided I love doing contests. They are just so much fun. I need to do this more often.I wrote all the names on a piece of paper (some people's name more than once according to the rules!) and stuck them in a bowl.Picture courtesy of Alexander FediachovThen I...

School is officially out for me. Yeah! It's been a crazy May and June, but now its over. My classroom is packed and now I just have to prepare for our move. We're moving two floors down but the move will happen while we are gone so we're really making sure everything...

Query Tracker is holding some fabulous contests lately and one of them is to win a website design from Carolyn Kaufman and Patrick McDonald. Yeah! Check out all the details here.

Cindy Pon has totally outdone herself by offering an amazing prize on her blog. You can either win a beautiful brush framed painting of hers or a $100 gift certificate. Totally awesome. It's a story set in ancient China and one that is the top of my list of must buys...

My fabulously talented critique partner, Debbie drew up a cartoon of my critique group, MiG Writers. Check it out here. Can you guess which one is me?And my other fabulously talented critique partner, Beth, is having an amazing contest here.And while we are...

My fabulous critique group, MiG Writers, has started up our blog. Our goal is to chat about writing and everything important to a writer.I've written a post on Creating Unforgettable Characters. Check it out here. Hope you'll stop by from time to time.

Wow. This is the time for contests. Check out Martha Flynn's latest contest here. You can win a copy of Prophesy of the Sisters and a gift card. Check it out!

Stop over to Tabitha's blog to celebrate her one year anniversary of blogging! And if you make a comment, you'll be entered to win a fabulous book.