Writers Group: Dummies and Publication
I’m always glad to share my writers’ group experiences and I’m even more excited because I shared this time. I had just finished reading Writing Fiction for Dummies and I’m excited to share it with you...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: Wizards Unite
My husband will be the first to tell you that I was not encouraging when Pokémon Go came out. He was teaching at the time and would spend six hours a day playing. H would go on hour-long walks and...
View ArticleHappy Fourth!
It’s Independence Day here in the States. We celebrate by not working and I celebrate by doing super sprint triathlons for fun! I’ll try to remember to post a picture to Instagram if you want to check...
View ArticleDay Off (Again)
I feel I’ve done this a lot during my 70.3 training, but I’m giving myself another day off. It’s a mix between having a slow reading run and finally being back to full training load that’s slowed me...
View ArticleWriters’ Group: Writing Longhand and Book Promotion
My writers’ group met last week and we covered some very different topics. The first was software that takes written words and translates them to digital words in a word processing software. This is...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: It’s Time
I’ve been talking about it for a long time and now it’s here! Well, it’s coming. My Half Ironman, Half Ironman Ohio 70.3, is on Sunday, July 28th. I’m. Freaking. Out! I feel ready. I’ve trained...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: I am a (Half) Ironman
Last month I wrote about how nervous I was to do my Half Ironman. The race was just after the post went up so I’m almost a month out now and I’m so excited to share how it went! The day was...
View ArticleHappy 6th Birthday to Taking on a World of Words!
This is actually a bit delayed because I’ve been reading so much and had so many book posts lined up, but I’ve hit six years of blogging! This has almost outlasted my longest tenure at a job. It’s just...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: 2019 Triathlon Season Recap
Yes, I’ve used most of my Off Topic Thursdays to talk about triathlon and this one is no exception. The 2019 season is now over in my climate zone and I had a stand-out season and I wanted to take a...
View ArticleWriters Group: To NaNo or Not To NaNo?
As the writing community approaches November, talk always turns to NaNo. National Novel Writing Month (NaNo to the idiots who compete) is a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in a month. I’ve done...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: National Championships!
I realize my Off Topic Thursdays have been very athletics-focused lately but that’s been a bit part of my life lately. After my last triathlon race of the season, I thought I would be able to change...
View ArticleBook Club Reflection: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
As sometimes happens with two book clubs based out of the same library, I now have two discussions of News of the World by Paulette Jiles. I don’t think this book was the best fit for my ‘edgy’ book...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: Going to Greece!
Off Topic Thursday is a way for me to get a chance to talk about my life outside of books and reading. I appreciate the chance to give you all a little more insight into my life so please chime in with...
View Article2019 in Books
I read 62 books in 2019. My goal was 52 so I’ve exceeded it by 10! I wasn’t expecting that, especially after missing it by four last year. I’m going to go for 55 in 2020. I know all the long bike rides...
View Article2020 Reading Goals
With the new year here, it’s time to start thinking about bookish goals for 2020. I’ve kept it simple over the past few years and that’s worked best for me. It allows me to have fun with my book clubs...
View ArticleOff-Topic Thursday: My Life As An Introvert
Off-Topic Thursday is a way for me to get a chance to talk about my life outside of books and reading. I appreciate the chance to give you all a little more insight into my life so please chime in with...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: The Friend You Don’t Talk to for Ages
(Yes, it’s a week early. But I’ll be on vacation next week so you’re getting Off Topic Thursday a week early!) I hope this isn’t a solitary experience because I love it so much. Does anyone else have a...
View ArticleOn Vacation
I’m taking time off from my blog to enjoy my vacation. I’m traveling with my mom to Greece. We’ll be staying a few days in Athens and on two islands, Santorini and Crete. I’ll be back on Monday, March...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: Greece
I like to use Off Topic Thursday to talk about things other than books and reading. It seems there’s an obvious topic this month with the global pandemic, but I’ll save that for later and focus on the...
View ArticleOff Topic Thursday: My Live Under COVID
I didn’t talk about this last month in hopes that when I talked about it this month, I could say that it’s over. It doesn’t look like that’s the case or that this will be ‘over’ and things will be...
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