by jess | Sep 20, 2012 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Short public service announcement for you lovely souls who follow I’ll Blog When I’m Dead – change is in the air! I’ve got a cool new web site launching, and my blog will have a new home there. You can find me at jesstopper.com or jessicatopper.com, so pop on by and...
by jess | May 19, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
As part of L’Aussie Writer’s APPRECIATING THE ZEALOTRY Challenge, I am re-posting one of my favorites from the April A-Z Challenge. Pour yourself a cup, sit back and enjoy! 38 seconds. That’s the time it takes from pushing the button on my Keurig...
by jess | May 6, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Congrats to all my fellow Blogging from A to Z Challenge comrades – we Arrived, we Blogged, we Commented. And we conquered – 26 alphabetical posts in 26 days! We are a crazy and creative bunch. When I created this site last October, I chose the...
by jess | Apr 30, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
I had the best intentions to write my Z post on William Blake’s The Four Zoas. If I had had a brain in my head, I would have written that “Z” post during that first, fresh week and squirreled it away. But I didn’t. And I didn’t. And now I...
by jess | Apr 28, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
I almost got tripped up on letter Y. One day away from the finale – I can’t be fresh out of ideas! All I kept thinking was yogurt. But I didn’t want to write about yogurt. I do eat it every morning (greek non-fat vanilla mixed with non-fat plain to...
by jess | Apr 27, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
A few months ago, two other mothers and I took our daughters to the bowling alley. The girls have been friends since preschool, the Moms enjoy spending time together, and we often go out as a group on weekends. Although all three are in fourth grade, they now attend...