by Heather Hambel Curley | Dec 18, 2012 | Civil War, Writing
By now you may have noticed one of the major things standing in the way of my writing is me. Followed by me being in Gettysburg. And trumped by Life handing me a to do list and saying, “Boo ya.” I took a week long writing seminar last week on how to better...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Dec 12, 2012 | Writing
Sometimes I wish I had a theme song. Bear with me here. When my maternity leave ended earlier this year and I returned to work, I’ll admit part of me was singing the “Welcome Back, Kotter” theme song. In fact, one of my coworkers may have sung the...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Dec 2, 2012 | Civil War, history, Writing
I meant to post this earlier today, but got tricked into decorating for Christmas. And what I mean by tricked is that I told The Toddler that if he was a good boy while my mother watched him, I’d let him help me put the tree up. When he remembered this little...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Nov 25, 2012 | Food, Randomness, Writing
Well, poop. Back to reality tomorrow. Back to getting up early and working and going to bed early and less pie. Can we talk about pie for a moment? My mother made pecan pie for Thanksgiving. I’d never had it before and let me tell you. Life changing. I only ate...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Nov 22, 2012 | Writing
Mark down Thanksgiving cooking/baking/eating/napping a success! I hope you all had a great day filled with good times and full bellies. And as a special shout out to the Washington Redskins: Nice. I’m a happy girl tonight. But, hey, today I’m blogging...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Nov 18, 2012 | Writing
As previously anticipated, I fell behind this week on my word count. What I did not anticipate was falling behind by like, 5,000 words. Maybe more. I’m not entirely sure, because once a few days passed and I realized just how far behind I was, I stopped keeping...
