Vacation Series Recap
August 18, 2009 by Darlene McDaniel
Filed under Careers
Reality has finally set in and I think I am over the vacation series I have been writing for the last week. It was actually fun writing the series and I definitely enjoyed my vacation. It has been a few years since I actually took a vacation, and I am glad that I did. The biggest benefit I got from going on vacation is REFRESHING! I feel refreshed after getting away for a few days. As a general rule, I am very creative. I love getting ideas and making them happen. As I have transitioned back to my work life, …read more
Vacation!! What’s Our Accountability?
August 10, 2009 by Darlene McDaniel
Filed under Careers
Today is the first day of my vacation from work. WOW! I am actually excited, and I actually have plans to do other things besides working. I actually love my job and I love having my own business. I do both. I have a business as a career coach, blogger. And I work full time. I am busy 7 days a week, doing what I enjoy doing. If I hadn’t been talked into it, I probably wouldn’t be on vacation. But a friend of my, a coworker convinced me to go on vacation a few weeks ago and I finally …read more
What’s A Wikki Stix?
May 8, 2009 by Darlene McDaniel
Filed under Careers
Wikki Stix are made of a strand of acrylic, hand-knitting yarn enhanced with a microcrystalline, food-grade, non-toxic wax. There is no latex, nor any peanut or nut oil. The wax is similar to that used in lipsticks and on food products. It is a modern day pipe cleaner made out of yarn and wax. It is sticky and fun to play with no matter how old you are. The sticky doesn’t lose it’s stickiness. You can make lots of things and then take them apart and start again.
Today is Fun Friday and I thought why not share a fun, inexpensive …read more
Can You Write a Novel in a Month?
October 30, 2007 by Anne Wayman
Filed under Freelancing
Oh my, here it comes again… National Novel Writing Month. No, you don’t have to write it on a cell phone, you just have to get it written during the month of November – in other words in 30 days!
Curious? Slightly insane (in just the best way)? Check in out at http://www.nanowrimo.org/. And there’s more there than you might suspect.
Write well and often,
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