Tag Archives for make it happen
I Can Do Anything Good: January
I’m a very goal-oriented person. Clearly. I set goals all the time in 2011, and it seemed like each month ended with a bulleted list of reasons for not achieving my goals. Lesson learned: I know that in order to achieve the … Continue reading
What Are You Reading? Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
First of all: Young Adult Lit is really stepping up its game! What several years ago may have been easy to write off as juvenile or simple has matured into a genre of literature that is just as complex and … Continue reading
What Are You Reading? 100 Years of Solitude
Although it took me WAY longer than it should have, I finally did finish 100 Years of Solitude. (You may remember I started reading it five months ago when I started this little online book club.) By the end of … Continue reading
Inspired
I’ve told you about my goals for 2012—now I want to tell you about my inspirations. I look to these people when I’m drawing a blank or feeling discouraged about where I’m going or what I’m doing in life. I … Continue reading
2012: The Plan
2012: The Plan I’ve got a good feeling about 2012. As I sat in the living room New Year’s Day, watching Homeland (which is SO GOOD) with my husband and our friends, I made out a list of things I … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, friends! “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” -Benjamin Franklin I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a good feeling about … Continue reading
Counting My Blessings
When I’m worried and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep. Then I fall asleep counting my blessings. I planned to write this yesterday – but I found myself all wrapped up in laughing and eating and … Continue reading
My name is Corley. And I am a writer.
I am still alive! This week has been crazy in the absolute best way. I preach a lot about writing, following your dreams, doing what you love, making it happen…and now, I can truthfully say that I practice what I … Continue reading
Thankful Thursday
I have a great family. My little life is not perfect – we all have our problems, our worries, our stresses. But look at this crew: I know that it’s part of my job to think that my husband is … Continue reading
Through
I needed this today. Maybe you do, too. Put your head down. Power through your slumps. And whatever you are doing, do your best. I had a crazy idea the other day – one that I was completely unsure of … Continue reading
