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Archives for: April 2008
teething pains

Little H is cutting her two top middle teeth and it is taking it’s toll on her mommy. She hasn’t been going to bed until after 9pm and she is waking up periodically through the night. Needless to say, not much writing – bloggy or otherwise has occured. I’m pushing through though. I have started work (finally!) on a query [...]

By Heather with 8 comments
Fancy button for you

Ooooh look. It’s so shiny, and green. It’s animated too. Grab your very own Maternal Spark button for your blog. Just copy the code from the box! Like this post? Subscribe and get them via email!

By Heather with 4 comments
Featured Mom – Joanne Sim-Long from Jars of Heaven

Joanne is a new mom whose son was born in January of this year. She’s found a love for jewelery made with vintage components. A love for things old and new has spawned some beautiful art. H: How long have you been doing what you do? J: I believe the creative process is a life-long learning journey so I’d have [...]

By Heather with 5 comments
On taking my own advice

Two days ago I had a weird dream, something about a car breaking down. It’s all gotten fuzzy now and I can hardly remember the feel of it, never mind the details. That morning while brushing my teeth I thought about my dream and fleshed it out into a story idea. It was an idea for my flash fiction series [...]

By Heather with 1 comment
Guest posting

Well, I’ve recovered from ‘the poop incident’ and we’ve all moved on with life. Thank goodness. In non baby related news I’ve been asked to guest post at the IndieBizChicks.com blog. It’s an incredible resource for business women and I’m happy to have my name associated with them. Go read my post called ‘Don’t Sell Yourself Short‘. Like this post? [...]

By Heather with 2 comments
How my creative life will never be the same post baby

Or otherwise titled: Little H’s Halo Headband revenge.orThe ultimate ‘sanitize setting’ washing machine test. This could get long so grab a cup of coffee and come back……I’ll wait…… Ok so the other day I put little H down for her nap. She went to sleep without a fuss so I got down to being productive. I’d gotten everything ready before [...]

By Heather with 19 comments
Featured Mom – Heather Cook the Writing Mother

Heather Cook is this weeks Featured Mom. She is a fellow Canadian, a fellow Calgarian, a fellow writer and a fellow Heather. Read her post below. It’s fantastic. There are many days that I don’t see myself as a creative person. In fact, if I didn’t hate math so much, I’d probably look and sound more like a mathematician. Calculating [...]

By Heather with 5 comments
Life Make-over

Two months is all I have left before I have to bite the bullet and go back to work. So, I’ve been doing some work on getting things organized before this current life has to change. We refinanced our mortgage to get a hold on our money (or lack thereof). It’s like starting with a clean slate and it feels [...]

By Heather with 4 comments
Stormy tactics

Image via Wikipedia Incomplete sentences? I like ‘em. Those little, choppy, bits of language strung together with meaning, but short a word or two, seem to offer me creative freedom with the flow of a piece. I can’t get enough. While I am no accomplished poet, I do have appreciation for rhythm and it seems I call on the incomplete [...]

By Heather with 5 comments
Featured Mom – Alayna of Zadyball

Alayna Slinker became inspired to make her son a special toy after she noticed he favoured the knotted string tail on his stuffed giraffe. The first Zadyball was made more than three years ago. He was six months old. “He loved that ball SO much” Alayna says. Now almost four years old he still refuses to sleep without it. H: [...]

By Heather with 7 comments