Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Tracy Wainwright Hi Tracy, Thanks for Sharing Your Thoughts about Staying Focused and Telling Us about Your Series  Staying Focused Has your mind ever written checks that your body can’t cash? If you just smiled, you know what I mean. If not, hang with me. I’m an idea person. I think most creatives are. We thrive on creating and our brains are constantly coming up with an idea or project or book plot. The problem comes with constraints of time, motivation and focus. I’ve always marveled at people who’ve tackled NaNoWriMo, as my holiday preparations always seem to take up the entire month of November as well as December. Plus, there always seems to be extra events, conferences, bonfires, and gatherings during November. Now, don’t get me wrong, I get not everyone’s lives are the same, which probably contributed to the success of for 20 years. However, after two decades, it looks like they, too, may have bitten off more than they could chew. But this isn’t just about...

  A Warm Welcome to Carol Raj Carol shares the story behind Charlotte Masterson Gets A Life . I always loved books. When I was a child, the greatest punishment I ever got was my father taking away all my books until I earned them back, one by one, with good behavior. My favorite present was a book. But why did my relatives ruin the pristine pages by writing on them? “To Carol. Love, Aunt N and Uncle P.” At the time, it seemed desecration. Now, older and wiser, the books I keep from my childhood, I keep precisely because of those precious inscriptions. It seemed fitting that, after years as a stay-at-home mom, I took a job as a high school library assistant. I pictured myself leading wide-eyed readers to new favorites. But most of the students who came to the library were the disruptive ones the study hall teachers didn’t want to deal with. One girl wanted a book on state laws. What did she want to look up? Statutory rape. Her boyfriend was eighteen and she was only fifteen. Was it ...