SquarePeg Books

Category: Life

  • Learning Self-Care

    I’m a mom and a chauffeur and a PA and a groundskeeper and… Yeah, you know the whine. This whole “set and maintain boundaries” thing is hard to do. Setting a schedule is probably what I need to do, like: pick up and put away 5 things a day, vacuum…

  • IWSG May 2024

    May 1 question – How do you deal with distractions when you are writing? Do they derail you? Well, I suppose I should just show my cards n– SQUIRREL!!!!!!! … I get distracted from a cleaning task by a DIFFERENT CLEANING TASK!!! I’ve actually started downsizing my hobbies a bit…

  • Being Supportive

    My parents were not as supportive of my desire to write and publish as I would’ve liked them to be. It wasn’t until the last few years of my father’s life that he became a little more  (vaguely) supportive of the notion. I don’t know what he was thinking during…

  • Summer is Coming…

    Summer is another time that I tend to plan waaaaayyy more than I am capable of. Between kids (read: disgruntled teens), the heat (outdoor chores have to be done by 10am or everyone will melt), the invariable “aw, shit! Really?!?” Crisis (at least one–family, an appliance, illness, something), and oh,…