Miracles do happen, kids. My blog, which bit the dust over a year ago, has risen from the dead. It’s back and larger than life, my website has been refurbished, and I am now writing blogs as not only an editor, but an author. The Rules of Burken, as you know, released back in April, …
This post is different. This is my story; it happened to me. So a couple disclaimers before you continue. 1.) This is not meant to offend ANYONE or to throw anyone on front street. No names (outside of my immediate family) will be used. Some people will like this; some people won’t. But again—this is …
One of the crappy things about being an editor is that I’m constantly critiquing whatever reading material is in front of me. And it’s not just books—it’s menus, instructions, social media posts—heck, I even find grammatical errors when reading people’s facial expressions. It’s rare, even among best-sellers, to find a book that truly resonates with …
Aaaannnndddd there goes May. That was quick. I love the month of May. It’s my favorite. The first reason is because it’s my birthday, so I get cake and presents. The second is because it’s Mother’s Day, wherein I get cake and presents. The third is that it’s teacher appreciation week, and back when I …
I was going to make New Year’s resolutions, but I forgot. I had a few of them, actually; I should have written them down because I don’t remember what they were. Diet? No… Be more organized? Maybe… Oh! One was to be less forgetful. Oops. I’ve never been a big New Year’s resolution kinda gal. …
Confession time! Okay, me first. Here goes. My name is Traci Finlay and I absolutely and irrevocably suck at time management. No, it’s that I BLOW. At time management. I’m that person who starts a project and then sacrifices my soul to complete it, and I don’t breathe until it’s finished. I obsess, I put …