The Gift of Longer Stories

I still remember the first time that I performed at a nursing home because I was terrified. Never in my life had I been asked to dance so close to my audience. I was going to accidentally arabesque someone in the face and be asked to leave. I was going to miss a step,...

Life Lessons from Rilla Blythe

This week’s life lessons from Anne were so much fun to revisit/write about that I have to share what I’ve learned from her daughter! At the beginning of Rilla of Ingleside, I had trouble believing that Rilla is actually related to Anne Shirley. Her teenage...

Life Lessons from Anne Shirley

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne Shirley has inspired generations of creative minds to live boldly, love bravely and never stop learning. She makes her own sunshine, says the things that no one else will and, despite her endearingly fiery temper, consistently shows her...

Light Bulb: The Iteration Cycle

With just one quarter of Josh Kaufman’s The Personal MBA under my belt, my confidence in myself as an entrepreneur has skyrocketed. I went into this book expecting it to be complex and overwhelming, but Kaufman’s lessons are just the opposite....

Portfolio Project Progress Week Two

It has now been two full weeks since I began working on my portfolio project, so it’s time for another update! This week, I finished the layout of my writing swipe file and added captions to go along with my examples. With two slides dedicated solely to MG and...

Why You Should Read Melody

Happy Halloween, friends! Anyone else already stuffed with peanut butter cups? I’m expecting many mermaids at my door tonight, despite the snow (!!), and thought, in light of that, now is an excellent time to talk about my recent experience as a beta reader. I...

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