Monthly Archives: November 2009


Pink Think: “It’s all about people. It’s about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.” – Mike Davidson Photo by p_muniz on FlickrHow was your Thanksgiving? I […]

Playing The Game


Pink Think: “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson Photo by 20six.fr In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am posting lyrics to one of my favorite songs of all time, and which was also a lullaby my father used to sing to me. […]

Count Your Blessings



Pink Think: “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau Photo from somegosoftly.comI’m seeing a glimmer of light. For the past few months, I have […]

Keeping The Faith


Pink Think: “I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.” – Toni Morrison Photo of Regina Brooks’ Writing Great Books for Young Adults Thanks to my blog pal Pendragon, I came across this really cool YA contest: Young Adult Novel Discovery Contest Go on, click on it, […]

YA Novel Discovery Contest



Pink Think: “I’m just a landscape painter. I look out the window and I see what’s going on, and I paint it. While I’m painting it, I also write thoughts about what I see going on out there.” – William Wiley Photo from Rochester Institute of Technology I’m sitting at […]

Looking Out My Window


Pink Think: “There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.” – Francis Bacon Photo from writersunlimited.com Eureka, I found it! I found a boxed copy of nearly 300 pages of a historical novel set in 18th century Spain […]

Lost and Found



Pink Think: “Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don’t rush; otherwise you’ll look like a patchwork quilt.” – Lucille Ball Photo from what-me.comFirst of all, just in case you are wondering, I am not doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this year. (Are you? How is […]

Patchwork Quilt


Pink Think: “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu A friend of mine commented that my blog doesn’t seem to have a whole lot of photos to go with stories of my kids. I agreed. Kind of a […]

God’s Gift To Me



Pink Think: “Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.” – Yvonne Craig Photo from people.howstuffworks.com In the spirit of Halloween, and in reply to the awards that Jessica of Cougar Tales, LeSan of Blue Gate Gardens and Georgie of Author’s Desk have bestowed upon me (thank you!) here […]

Ten Scary Things