01/4/12
Goal Setting after the Holidays: CAN YOU or WILL YOU?
by M.V. Freeman
In the last few years part our Holiday tradition involves sitting down with my husband and setting goals for our family. Afterwards, I take the time to set my personal goals for the year.
One of the more common goals for many is to get fit and lose weight. Usually that lasts a week. Most gyms will tell you they get a huge boost in membership in January, but by February most have stopped coming to the gym. It’s the same for diets. Read the rest of this entry »
11/11/11
Debut Author Carla Swafford and the Magic of Numbers
by M.V. Freeman
Carla Swafford was one of the first writers I met after joining RWA and a local chapter (Southern Magic). She has been tireless in her support of writers and writing.I wanted to be a part of her celebration of her first book, it is well earned!I hope you like her as much as I. –M.V. **all mistakes in uploading this is mine. So forgive me any errors**
Thank you, Mary, for inviting me. What a great blog! It’s always morefun to blog with others.
How long have you been writing?
Well, the first time I picked up paper and pen to write a story nagging at me was in 1985. But it wasn’t until 2002 that I truly became serious about becoming published. Before that, I’d thought only old men and women who lived in London or New York or on tropical islands wrote books. I love that image of old men and women in exotic places.
09/5/11
by M.V. Freeman
I’m afraid of the dark. If the lights go out, especially at night, my heart rate accelerates, my breathing quickens, my thoughts race. For a moment it’s all I can do not to fall to pieces. This is when I take a deep breath and force myself to focus on what to do first (usually its to find the flashlight that I forgot where I put). No matter what I do, this is how I react when the lights go out. Read the rest of this entry »
