Author Archives: Lisa

Wife. Mother. Shoe connoisseur. Wannabe chef. Consultant. Blogger. Writer. Loves pie, a lot.

Surviving a Bear Attack

Thanks for all the comments and questions lately. It’s been exciting to see all the traffic on the site. It’s been almost a year since I posted. A YEAR! Snap, that’s a long time. I thought I owed something in the way of an explanation. So here goes. I hate bears. No, that’s putting to

Spring is in the air.

Confession – I struggle to describe setting. I know, shameful. But for some reason setting is hard for me. I can create a pretty dynamic world in my mind, but it’s challenging to translate that onto the page. It always feels flatter to me in black and white. In a lot of ways setting is

Research matters.

Interesting comments lately. Thanks for posting your ideas. When I started this I had some hopes of being able to respond to comments, but the reality of my life is not supporting that possibility, so instead I’m hoping that sometimes I can use the comments to inspire a new post. So here goes… My current

Identifying Topics – Brainstorm

“They” say write what you know. I agree with them. There’s a lot less research if you can start with something you know. There’s good stuff in my brain, but it feels trapped in there, so I have to coax it out. For me brainstorming is one of the best way to do that. Want

Spammers of the world beware…

Dear spammers, I’ve been getting your comments and I have a question. Do icky spam comments on random blogs generate a lot of revenue for the adult film industry? If they do then I applaud your strategy, as you are remarkably persistent. If they don’t then I recommend, with all seriousness, that you get a