Happy Friday! I’ve been less present than usual as I’ve worked to settle in to a new school year. Now that August is in the rearview, I hope to return to my usual writing routines. This week I’m excited to be back with my Five Minute Friday community. Our prompt is Root. I’ve struggled theContinue reading “Root: Five Minute Friday”
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Lakeside Getaway
It was a very last minute trip. This weekend, we decided to cling to summer a little longer. In the span of just a couple of hours we packed bags, loaded the car and made the journey to Lakeside Chautauqua on Lake Erie. So much of the weekend was spent unplugged with family, but IContinue reading “Lakeside Getaway”
The Thursday Murder Club: A Book Review
Title: The Thursday Murder Club Author: Richard Osman Publisher: Penguin Books Copyright: 2020 Four elderly pensioners living in Cooper’s Chase, a retirement community in England, make up the membership of the secret Thursday Murder Club. Each week a retired detective, nurse, psychologist and intellectual gather around the jigsaw table in the community meeting room and discuss crimes andContinue reading “The Thursday Murder Club: A Book Review”
View: Five Minute Friday
I made it to the end of my first week of school! It’s been exhausting, but so rewarding. I can already tell this year’s students are going to be a lot of fun. So far, 100% of them have participated and that type of engagement is hard to come by in a high school classroom.Continue reading “View: Five Minute Friday”
The Closing Shift
Encounters with big time celebrities don’t happen in the small, British town of Belford, so when V finds herself making tea at the local cafe for an A-lister she is caught off guard. She was used to the painstaking customers from the pensioners court down the road-not gorgeous men from London. In this short story,Continue reading “The Closing Shift”
Forget: Five Minute Friday
This is the first Friday of the new school year. I am up early and adjusting to my morning schedule. Of course, it wouldn’t be a true Friday without joining my writing pals from Five Minute Friday. This week our prompt is Forget. As a new school year begins, let us forget The past threeContinue reading “Forget: Five Minute Friday”
Five Tips for Building Your Resume
Since starting The Ameri Brit Mom Writing and Editing Services, I have created and worked with clients on building resumes more than any other project. The joy that I get from helping my clients sell themselves to potential employers is unlike anything I’ve experienced as a writer. Finding ways to market yourself on a singleContinue reading “Five Tips for Building Your Resume”
What I Read in England
Over the past two summers, I’ve been taking classes for my Master’s in English. So many of those courses required me to read works of literature selected by an instructor. While many of them were enjoyable reads like Station Eleven, there was a missing element to my reading life: Choice. This is my first summerContinue reading “What I Read in England”
Together: Five Minute Friday
Happy Friday! This is my first Five Minute Friday post from America in a while. I’m still a bit jet lagged from my summer in England, but I love getting up and joining in with this community on Friday mornings so here I am! This week our prompt is Together. There’s enough division in theseContinue reading “Together: Five Minute Friday”
England 2022 Series (Pt 5–the Finale)
Our final week in England was spent squeezing in as much time as possible with family. Goodbyes are never easy and a lot of emotion filled these final days of our summer adventure. We went to Marwell Zoo, braved the IKEA in Southampton, I got an amazing tattoo from Heidi at Little Scorpions Tattoo Parlour,Continue reading “England 2022 Series (Pt 5–the Finale)”
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