• 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…

  • Writer Update

    Nano, nano, nano.  WHOA!!!  What a rush!  It’s ten days until the finish line and I’ve crossed it.  Made it and bought the t-shirt. It nearly drove me to madness but I WON NANO!!!  50,000 words in 30 days!  I love to write but I feel as though I don’t want to ever compose another sentence, ever again.  And yet here I am!!! Writing more words.  Nanowrimo doesn’t have to be as extreme as I made it for myself. I was so worried about not winning it that I forced myself to write even when my brain was dry. (I dread editing. I’m sure it is bulging with bilge. But…

  • My first Nanowrimo and Book Cover Reveal (Nope, book. It’s out!)

          IT’S OUT! My book released early this morning! Check it out here :   Unless you follow me on Facebook, you’ve yet to hear about my leap onto the NaNoWriMo bandwagon.  Totally unexpected, which tends to be how I roll. I knew National Novel Writing Month was a thing.  I had no idea the where or how’s of such an awesome project.  My memory was sparked during one of my BookTubing laundry folding binges. Basically, you join a community of writers for support and accountability.  Then you write 50,000+ new words during the month of November.  This is November 2nd.  I was reacquainted with NaNoWriMo on October…