(polling) So if you haven’t noticed before, this week is a week of polling for me. I’m a curious kind of gal and like asking questions...

(writing) Yesterday I wrote about CHOOSING to have a good day! I hope that you do today. Today is Tuesday, so I wanted to mention...

(learning) My daughter was telling me this morning that the announcements came to her class last Friday. I asked her what that meant...

(laughing) A late post yesterday. An early post today. Crazy, sorry. But if I don’t post now (6am), it ain’t happenin’ today. Do you ever...

I’m so glad everyone’s enjoying this non-verbal stuff. It’s been so awesome for me to delve into it in such detail. To recap, here are...

In case you missed it, this week I’m focusing on some writing advice from people/authors I really like and admire. I asked each of them...

here are the questions: If 90% of all communication is non-verbal, how should authors portray this? How have you seen non-verbal...

My younger kids have a day off of school due to inclement weather. It’s barely raining outside. Now I realize rain in January is VERY odd...

(laughing) This question probably needs a quick explanation. I’m in an interesting predicament with my novel, SADIE. I live in Michigan...

1) I’m an author, composer, mother of five, wife, reader, teacher, Mormon, chocolate-nut, and computer geek. I will blog about any of...

(editing) Quick post today because what little time I have today needs to be focused on killing my darlings (words, that is). From...

(writing) I feel like a new woman today. No, I didn’t get my hair done. No, I didn’t get a new outfit. So why the big change? I took out...

(laughing) I love to laugh. I love anything that makes me laugh. Books. Movies. People. Whatever. My husband and I are married to this...

(mothering) . I Hate Sleep. Don’t get me wrong, I love sleeping. In fact, I’m a sleeping addict. If given the opportunity — which rarely...

(writing) First off—and totally off topic—I just had to share my exciting news this morning: SADIE is #5 on Deseret Book’s fiction list....

(playing) I had planned on doing a different post today. It’s mostly written, but it still needs some work. And I wasn’t in the mood to...

(Mothering) . A typical winter morning in the Belliston household goes something like this: . “Do you have a coat? Do you have gloves?...

(writing) My favorite author has told me many times that “Great books aren’t written, they’re rewritten.” I’m hoping that is true today....

(blogging) Happy New Year everyone! So I’m going against my personality this year. I’m setting some goals. I know. Shocking, right? I...

1) Writing a book is easy (comparatively). Editing/cutting a book is not. 2) Editing/cutting a book is easy (comparatively). Getting a...