by tanyaagler | Nov 16, 2018 | family, introduction to writing, writing
There’s nothing that grabs my attention like a blog about how an author manages to write at home when her children are awake. That’s right. Awake. There are plenty of articles that talk about writers who are able to wake up before the crack of dawn (yeah, this...
by tanyaagler | Nov 8, 2018 | dreams, introduction to writing, writing
Last week, I wrote about questions non-writers tend to ask writers. This week, I thought about what questions writers ask writers. The obvious questions came to my mind. “What genre do you write?” “What’s your current project about?” “Are you a plotter or a pantser or...
by tanyaagler | Nov 2, 2018 | writing
Questions surround people. As a parent of nine-year-old twins, questions are a constant in my household. “Why do we have homework anyway?” “What’s for dinner?” “Why can’t I stay up later than my bedtime?” As a writer, I have to constantly ask questions about my...
by tanyaagler | Oct 27, 2018 | Christmas, New Year's Day, resolutions, writing
My twins celebrate an October birthday while my oldest lights her birthday candles in January. In my family, these birthdays bookend the holidays. When Cupcake and Chunk open their presents, it’s almost as if it’s really time to open the holiday season, starting with...
by tanyaagler | Sep 12, 2018 | books, reading
Forget how Gollum pronounced the one ring to rule them all “my precious.” In today’s world, something that is very precious to all of us is those minutes of free time, the ones where work obligations, family commitments, or other duties aren’t crying out to be...
