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Author Sarah Hualde
Come join me as I interview Indie Author Sarah Hualde. What is the first book that made you cry? Bride to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. I wept until I couldn’t breath. Does writing energize or exhaust you? Both! Mostly, I’m energized by writing. Unless it’s deadline time. Then it exhausts me. Don’t even get me started about what editing does to me! Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find? Of course. That’s one of the perks. I get to expose inside jokes without calling out my comrades. Do you need music or noise to write? Or do you prefer silence? I need noise…
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Late Night Coffee on Facebook
There are days I’m too exhausted to process one more written word. As a writer and book lover, I’m troubled by my own lack of brain space. I long to lounge on the couch and travel via the pages of a new book. I also am in desperate need of help and instruction, from time to time. But perusing another blog post or scouring Pinterest for just the right encouragement can be deflating. Does this sound familiar? I hear you. So, I’m busting out of my comfort zone and bringing you short videos every week. In addition to my weekly blog posts, it’s my aim to bring you daily Facebook…
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Family Game Time
Christmas is coming. That means gifts and for our family that means GAMES!!! We love family game time. During Christmas break, you can find us playing video games, board games, and card games. The kids will often set up a card table and get a game board ready for when Dad gets home. We love love love games. Here’s a few of our favorites: The teenage boy likes: Killer Bunnies, Catan, and Machi Koro. Each game involves strategy mixed with game time whimsy. Each also has an element of dumb luck within its structure. Killer Bunnies: you can collect nearly all the magic carrots and still lose because you didn’t…
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Editing for Indie Writers
So, you wrote a book. It’s beautiful. It’s fabulous. It’s your paper and ink pride and joy. What do you do now? You want the world to see your precious creation. You want to let it out among the mainstream to do good things and inspire greatness. The only problem, it’s a little on the raggedy side. You know you’re content rocks. You’ve been trusting the Lord every step of the way and you’ve followed His guidance with near fearlessness. You want the public to see your literary little one at its best. But a good editor or proofreader can set you back $400-$1500. You’re not doing the work solely…
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Write Along With Me
Come write-along with me, no bra required. Pijama clad welcomed. Coffee consumption is encouraged. The writers I know, in person and online, tend toward the introverted and private side of the street. I can be loud and boisterous if there’s a purpose to it and it’s necessary but I prefer to be still and quiet at home, among a handful of intimates and laughing at our inside jokes. As such, you can find me, quite often, typing silently at my laptop listening to the happy sounds of my children talking to each other. However, this does little to uplift and motivate me to write during heavy and inspiration dry seasons. At…
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Newbie Author Struggles
This post may contain affiliate links. Just thought you’d like to know. Once upon a time, waiting in my inbox, I was summoned to attend a webinar on how to publish a book. I’ve always loved to write. But once I birthed my littles, helping them grow closer to Christ became my passion and I forgot all about my once favorite past time. The seminar rekindled my literary love and I felt inspired to write. Fast forward and here I sit, an author. 1 year old and growing. But the writing business wasn’t the glamour parade I’d imagined it would be. Here are my top four struggles during my first…
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My Official Nano 2018 Coffee
As the name of my blog suggests, I love coffee. Unfortunately, as a wife, mama, homeschooler, tutor, writer and more, the first cup of coffee I get to finish from sniffed to sipped comes during the late night hours. Thus the Late Night modifier of Coffee Moms. During an anniversary outing, I discovered my new favorite brew. Today I’m declaring it my official brew of Nanowrimo 2018. At least as far as this mom is concerned. Let me introduce you to Abide Coffee Roasters. Abide is a family run business. Their coffee yummy, satisfying, and smooth. It offers a mouthful of flavor with warm dark chocolate undertones. It inspires me…
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Outlining Season
September is a busy month in my household. Homeschool begins, birthdays are celebrated, and tutoring goes into full mode. Little writing occurs during this very frantic month of settling in. The focus falls on routines and finding the school year’s groove. October is mostly recovery from September’s madness. But it’s also time to outline. As November comes, Nanowrimo approaches. In a few days, the writing feast will begin. 50,000 words are the goal. The time limit: the month of November. My first Nano I was utterly unprepared. I prepped out a rough outline two nights before the event. That meant I was flying by the seat of my pants. This is…
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Free Homeschool Inspiration
The Homeschool Parenting Summit If you are a homeschooling parent — then you can probably relate to burning the candle at both ends. And if there were more than two ends on a candle, they’d probably be burning too! Parenting children is a monumental task in itself; add in home education and “craziness” becomes an understatement. There is good news, though! You can learn to trade your parenting discouragement for courage, founded on biblical truth, and that’s what the Homeschool Parenting Summit is all about. It’s a free week-long event coming October 22-27, 2018 to help you focus on God’s simple plan for family discipleship, recharge your motivation, and faithfully take…
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Teaching Textbooks: Our Math Time Buddy
Dyslexia is a giving disability. It gives us trouble in reading, trouble in writing, and trouble in math. This equals hands-on Mom and me schooltime, all day long. When my student was still little this was a blessing. It was a time to reassure and comfort my struggling learner. The older my student gets the more independence they crave and the more frustrated they become when they NEED mom’s help. Enter Teaching Textbooks After hours of repeated and laborious instruction in reading and writing, the last thing my mother/child relationship needs is another round in math. Teaching Textbooks works fabulously for my struggling learner. I oversee everything, from a distance,…
