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New E-Book: Better Blog Writing
Better Blog Writing: How to Improve Your Writing to Keep Readers Coming Back for More is a guide to improving your writing, finding inspiration for your blog posts and ensuring that your words always shine. It’s filled with tips, advice and reader perspectives, as well as a whole section on writing prompts to get those [...]
Where I’ll Be This Spring: Writer’s Conferences
Springtime is big for writing conferences, and I am so excited to be attending several over the next few months. Speaking Engagements, Spring 2013 Type-A Advanced, Philadelphia – April 20, 2013 The theme of this conference is Profit — as in how to make it, how to increase it and what to do with it. [...]
Sandy Hook: Writing Through Grief
On December 14, 2012, our quiet community was shattered by horrific violence. My son was among the survivors at Sandy Hook School. Amid my shock and grief, I found great solace in writing about it. These are the articles that appeared following that awful day. A Connecticut Mom Shares Her Terror: “It Wasn’t a Shooting [...]
Pumpkin Cheesecake Monkey Bread (and More Monkey Breads)
Ooey gooey pumpkin cheesecake meets sweet break-apart monkey bread in this Pumpkin Cheesecake Monkey Bread recipe that I created for Pillsbury. It’s best served warm. This isn’t my first time working with monkey bread though. I also created a series of sweet and savory monkey bread recipes for Disney’s Amazing Moms .
Drunken Quinoa
Betty Crocker is always looking for ways to mash up different recipe ideas — like in this Drunken Quinoa. I took quinoa, a popular grain, and cooked it like drunken pasta for a rich, wine-infused side dish.
Chasing the Dream’s SheKnows.com Debut
In February, I took a chance and bounced a column idea off my editor at SheKnows.com. She loved the idea and immediately green lighted it. Every Wednesday, Chasing the Dream appears on SheKnows Parenting. The column is an inspirational and aspirational look at mothers who are going after their life dreams — and the essential [...]
DIY Homework Crate
My kids are both in elementary school, which means they need colored pencils, crayons, scissors and more to do their nightly homework. However, it’s so easy for those things to get lost so I created homework crates for both of them to stay organized all year.
DIY Inspirational Quote Frame
After months of searching for just the right quote art to have near my desk, I finally realized the only way I would find the perfect art would be to make it myself. This project initially appeared on Sarah by the Sea and then was also picked up (with fresh photos!) by allParenting.com.
Turning Lattes into Cupcakes
My editor at allParenting.com challenged me to take several popular seasonal flavors of Starbucks lattes and turn them into cupcakes. These are the delicious results of this four-part project (note, third and fourth part are forthcoming in December).
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Thanks for the interest! I’d love to partner with you! Here are the many ways we can work together: 1. Article Writing and Editing. As a full-time freelance writer (and former newspaper reporter), I’m always looking for great assignments about food, parenting, achieving goals, lifestyle and social media. See my ABOUT page for a list [...]
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