So perhaps you remember way back in May when I posted my diatribe about selfies and the downfall of humanity . The rest of this po...

Oh, the selfie. Or should I say #selfie? Truly, the self portrait has been around for as long as art has existed, although The Public Dom...

Go check out Crystal's Ten by clicking above! Every day is an opportunity for new experiences. Some good, some bad, some completely...

Hop over to check out how Crystal celebrated Cinco de Mayo today! I have a little cupboard in my heart. It holds more things than one m...

I've been stuck in a circle of sorrow for the past couple months, choosing to have a pity party about my health issues  -- choosing s...

I read that a slice isn't a list. But today, my mind has been sliced up across a timeline; a list of wins and losses in the past eigh...

I've found (often) that when I struggle to find something to write about, the truth is the problem doesn't really lie in finding a w...

This afternoon on FaceBook I read an article about Bridget Zinn , who was offered representation for her debut novel back in 2009. Not long ...

Let's start with the important announcement of the day: I am a big, fat liar-head. After spending last week revising my current p...

June was a writerly kind of month! There was... Kate Messner's Teacher's Write! Virtual Workshop (which is - thankfully - still h...

Tuesday's quickwrite exercise over at Teacher's Write! Workshop had us looking at poetry! If you know me even the tiniest bit, you ...

Have I mentioned how thankful I am for Kate Messner's Teacher's Write workshop ? I'm finally making some headway with my latest ...

w WEIGHTS, LIFTING I learned the power gained through weight lifting about four years ago. I had never considered myself to be...

c CAR ACCIDENT It was years before the sound of an ambulance or other emergency vehicle stopped throwing me into a series of violent f...

When I was little, mom sang me to sleep. I love my Kelly, oh this is true... I love my Kelly, oh yes I do... I was raised on a mix o...

I'm really digging these mini-writing updates. They help me be accountable and the feedback I'm getting makes me feel like maybe...

It took me exactly two days to move out after graduating from high school. I was 17 years old. There's a lot of backstory leading to...

Remember how I promised my kids I would actively seek out publication for some of my writing? (And then threw a big hissy fit, positive...

Possibility. That's my one little word for 2012. It's interesting to me how one word can wrap itself around you and take on...