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Bower Books – The Person I Marry

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Nov 082011

It’s not often anymore that Chey and I take the time to curl up with picture books. At nine, she’s mostly outgrown it and moved on to chapter books, and though once in a while we’ll read one aloud, most of the time, it’s each to their own favorite novels. We recently read a story together, though, that has me missing those evenings, tucked under a cuddly blanket with a book or five, talking about the books, what we liked, what we didn’t, and what our favorite pictures were. (Side note: we actually viewed an ebook version, not the hardcover [Read More...]

Nanowrimo 2011 (with kids)

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Oct 312011

Nanowrimo starts tomorrow! Are you participating? Our status? Undetermined. My kids have done the Nanowrimo: Young Writers Program for the last 3 years. Naughty me – I haven’t even asked them yet if they want to this year. Part of me wants to – they really look forward to this every year. And part of me feels like it’s all we need, is one more thing to do right now. We have until November 18th to be out of this house, and as of right now, we still don’t have anywhere to move to. Scary. (Prayers and happy house thoughts [Read More...]

Scrivener – A writer’s toolbox

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Sep 292011

Literature and Latte has released the latest beta of Scrivener for Windows today. (Yay!) They’re not quite ready for a full 1.0 release, but in the meantime, the beta versions are free – and stable and reliable enough for daily use. I’ve been using Scrivener for Windows on a daily basis since late last year, and it’s made a huge improvement in my productivity. Don’t know if the thrill of good software, the ease of use, or how simple it makes it to organized, yet flexible. If you haven’t checked out Scrivener for Windows yet, you really should. Let me [Read More...]

Before Five In A Row

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Sep 202011

My teens may not thank me for saying this on the web, out here where everyone can read it, but… they still read pictures books. Willingly and randomly. At least on occasion. It’s only been a few weeks since I packed up our shelves full of picture books. (I’m being optimistic about finding a place to move to.) But before I could pack them, I had the challenge of convincing the kids that 1. No, I am NOT getting rid of them, and 2. They really can live without them for a few months.) Of course, as soon as I [Read More...]

Online / software student planners

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Sep 142011

I’m starting online college classes (again) in a couple of weeks. I’m excited. I’m scared. I’m determined to be organized and stay ahead of schedule. So of course, I went looking for online planners. And downloadable planners. And printable planners. (And this was interesting, but not the type of college planner I was looking for.) And I ended up over on Donna Young’s site printing calendars and a few other things. Red Notebook is interesting, but not quite what I’m looking for. If I could add a couple of these features into Scrivener, that’s be perfect. Going to have to [Read More...]