Life as a stay at home mom has ups and downs. I’m always interested to find others who are sharing this experience. One of those is the person behind the Mom2Two blog. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and covers such diverse topics as animals, cooking, decorating and growing up. One of the sections I [...]

I was tagged by Michael Kwan to write a six word memoir. Some piece of useful advice that I would want to pass on, or that guide my life. It took me a long time to come up with the six words I wanted to use. In the end I fell back on six words [...]

I found a gem today when I was trawling through some writing blogs. It’s called Writer, Writer, and it’s run by Suzanne James. I’ve met Suzanne before online and she has been a mine of information on anything to do with writing and publishing. As an editor and a published historical novelist, she knows the [...]

I’ve been checking out a new blog recently. It’s an author site for a forthcoming novel called Bloodstone Castle. It’s set in Genoa, and the site has a lot of information about the history of the city and some of the locations used in the book. I especially like the post about pesto sauce. The [...]

Originally published May 31, 2007 on Communati My daughter is four (or four and a half as she insists). This morning she ‘wrote’ this song. All I did was write it down - the words are hers. I wish I lived in the sky I wish I lived in the sky But we are human beings So we don’t live [...]

This is one I have saved from WU One day last year I nearly lost my daughter for good. It wasn’t through illness, but because she’d developed a couple of new skills I didn’t know she had and because she was a normal stroppy toddler. Last summer, a group of us decided to take advantage of the [...]

Dyan Garris is the author of Money and Manifesting, a book that goes beyond The Secret to help people achieve success with manifestation. I’m pleased to welcome her for an interview here today. A Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to write this book? “Money and Manifesting” was a natural [...]

Dentist Dr Joe Capista has taken the lessons he’s learned from creating and marketing his business and has put them into a book. Sharon’s Writing Lab is happy to publish the following interview with him: Where you are from and where are you now? I reside in Media, Pennsylvania with my wife [...]

I’ve been doing some rearranging of my sites. My Writing Lab has moved to a new home so that I can separate my blogging for money from my creative writing. I feel better about that and I hope that you will too. Anyway, bear with me over the next couple of weeks as I do [...]

Today is my daughter’s fifth birthday. Here’s something I wrote for her this morning. Today is the day that you were born My precious baby. Today is the day that you were born. My precious girl. I don’t know what star I wished upon My precious baby. I don’t know what star I wished upon My precious girl But my wish has come true My [...]