I don’t know who originally talked about “the calm before a storm,” but in my 26 years of existence, I’ve found it to be all too true.
Aside from the depressing news about the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince release date, last week was a pretty good week.
This week, after spending numerous days in the hospital with a loved one who’s suffered a brain stem stroke (I’ll talk more about that tomorrow), Warner Brothers’ big surprise with Harry Potter looks peachy by comparison.
Still, I have prepared a pretty decent Saturday Sanity, all things considered.
Enjoy!
This week at Mental Health Notes, I …read more

As a writer who works from home, I rely on an obscene number of numerous newsletters from writers groups to keep me up to date with what’s going on in the writing business, learn about writing markets and current writing gigs, and take note of writing contests that pique my interest (even though I haven’t entered one since…oh, 2006, I think).
It’s ain’t all laptops and lattes, let me tell you.
Actually, it’s more like one desktop looking to retire and 47 cups of Sam’s Choice Columbian coffee.
But, I digress.
When I saw Help for Writer’s Stress – 6 Tips to De-Stress Your …read more