Arlene Hittle

Month: January 2012

  • Too nice?

    I’m afflicted — cursed, if you will — with being that most heinous of attributes: Nice. Too nice. Some people — normal people — might think nice is a good thing. And that is, indeed, the case when you’re dealing with fellow human beings. A little kindness can go a long, long way. But when […]

  • In defense of the e-reader

    In my other life (my day job), I’m a page designer and sometimes writer. I used to write a weekly column called “Adventures in Cooking,” which eventually became the basis for my weight-loss blog, Adventures in Weight Loss, Cooking and Life. My job duties have shifted and I don’t have as much time for column […]

  • I’m a playwright

    About 12 years — and four computers — ago, I submitted a one-act play to my theater group, to be considered for their one-act festival. Not long after that, I moved to Arizona and started writing a book based on that play. That book is “Blind Date Bride,” to date my only single-title MS: 1 […]

  • Back with my WWF goals

    The big day’s finally here: The start of the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Winter Writing Festival. It crept up on me so quickly that I didn’t have as much time as I’d hoped to craft my goals — so I’m going to build on last year’s list. With a few modifications, it’ll work again. Here’s the […]