(AKA, pseudonym, nom de plume, alias, sobriquet, allonym, nom de guerre) Ready to publish? The time is upon you, the question is nigh. You must decide what the world will call you. No pressure...but it sort of has to be perfect. How do you choose the new you? First of all, decide if a pen name is necessary. Are you writing an exposé non-fiction memoir that will reveal all the skeletons of your past (and the fact that your grandmother once made out with a scarecrow after sippi

*WARNING - Procrastination ONLY works if you are the kind of person that can strap on your determination and go ovaries* to the wall when it matters. If you are not this person - stop reading. I cannot help you. Either you plan for everything and do it in a timely manner, or you do nothing at all. In either case, I cannot relate to you. *why give all the glory to testes? The General Idea: Some of us (pointing at myself here) put stuff off until the last minute, and I am here

The American Woman PART I I forever associated home with the squeak of the rocking chair. The rhythmic whine of wood. The worn joiners screaming at the steady back and forth. My mom in the center, one foot tucked underneath, the other revealing her endless energy as it kissed the floor. Point…creak. Flex…groan. Point. Flex. Creak…groan…creak…groan…Steady as the tick-tock of time. *** Sharon Christa Corrigan never missed a countdown. She arrived, as expected, on a typically wa

Momhood is all the squishy feels and all the icky feels, too. Riding the rollercoaster of parenthood, we need to know someone is with us.