A Month in Review: April

I started off April with a bang, hoping to do the Ultimate Blog Challenge here on Caitlyn McConnell. Well, you know what they say… All roads are paved with good intentions. But really, I did good for the first half of the month, and then… well… the weather got nice. At least nicer. And there … Continue reading →

My Top 5 Favorite Books

Choosing my 5 favorite books has proven more difficult than I could have imagined. I’ve toyed with writing this for days, starting and stopping over and over as more books from my past made their way from the recesses of my mind, but I’ve settled on the following, as they are the ones I keep … Continue reading →

Caitlyn’s Random Facts: Lesson 1

I seem to have all sorts of pieces of useless knowledge and random facts, which I like to pull out of the recesses of my mind from time to time. I love to learn, to study, and even to think big thoughts once in a while, but often times only bits and pieces remain. And since I’m struggling … Continue reading →

Incompetence.

I have come to the conclusion there is too much incompetence in the world. When I was in high school, I started working afternoons at a local medical center in the record room. We would prepare charts for the 17 doctors’ upcoming appointments, and within a year, I was promoted to run the afternoon’s shift (with a whopping … Continue reading →

How Do You Pick a Favorite

It’s weird, I’m preparing to apply for this online writing job, and you have to submit a couple of writing samples from specific prompts. One was what are your 5 favorite books and why. As an avid reader,  I thought this would be cake. Later that same evening, I sat down with my journal on … Continue reading →

Growing Up

In case you didn’t know, I’m 33. Almost middle-aged. Hell, probably already middle-aged in many people’s eyes. And I’m not complaining; 33 is a great age to be. My marriage is solid, my career is well under way, I have a house and a 403(b). I’m done having babies and I’m learning to be comfortable in my … Continue reading →

A Month in Review: March

As I’ve mentioned, I’m trying to keep track of my reading and writing, to both see how much of it I do and as a way of holding myself accountable. I think my hope was that it would motivate me more, and I don’t really know if it’s working or not, but I’m going to … Continue reading →

National Poetry Month

I’m not much of a poet, and I can’t really say I enjoy writing it. But I believe doing things that are uncomfortable make us stronger, so every once in awhile I try my hand. And since today is the first day of National Poetry Month, I figured I’d share something. I wrote this in … Continue reading →

A Month in Review: February

Last month I mentioned I wanted to keep track of my reading and writing for the whole year, so here’s a run down of February. These are the books I read. They Wrote the Book: 13 women mystery writers tell all edited by Helen Windrath This is a group of essays from, you guessed it, … Continue reading →

A Month in Review: January

Just trying to keep a loose track of what I’ve read and written during 2014. The two seem to be directly correlated, and I’m hoping that by keeping track, I’ll improve on both aspects. So here’s January, which was rather productive, if I do say so myself. February… *meh* …Not so much. Things Good Girls Don’t … Continue reading →