My wind chimes are creating a melody all their own out there on my front porch. Guess the breeze is lively. Reminds me of the blustery March, two years ago when I was pondering a new story idea. I dove into some research, which proved to fuel my idea into a book that is soon… Continue reading From Idea to Book
Calendars, Dates and Research
A couple of nights ago I was hugging and kissing my girls goodnight…a practice, I’m sure an 11-year-old and 13-year-old wish I would drop…when my youngest asked for something. I can’t remember what it was, but she wanted to know if I would buy her something. “Sure,” I said, “as soon as I get the… Continue reading Calendars, Dates and Research
Announcing a New Book
Coming soon, a new novel by me! Featuring romance and redemption with a mix of characters thrown in, including pirates and preachers, slaves and servants, farmers and females on the frontier, “You Belong to Me” is set in Virginia, 1748. What’s it about? Well, here’s the tentative back cover blurb: She bought him to work… Continue reading Announcing a New Book
After the Polar Vortex
Social media took a backseat today. Between getting up late because I stayed up late to read, helping the 5th grader with long division containing decimals, helping the 8th grader understand multiplying and dividing negative and positive exponents, laundry, a call from a friend and writing a paragraph on my newest WIP, I just… Continue reading After the Polar Vortex
Blogging From My IPhone
Good Friday morning. Today I am trying something new. I am using the dictate feature on my iPhone to write this post. The interesting thing is that when dictating, it does not put a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence. Dictating causes one to stop and think before speaking each sentence aloud, too.… Continue reading Blogging From My IPhone
A Day in the Life
I had to have blood work done this morning to check my A1C and sugar. I knew it would be high, because I had a bowl of Cornflakes with sugar for breakfast. I needed to go to our local Walmart to grab a few groceries. Knowing I wanted to start eating healthier, I nabbed some… Continue reading A Day in the Life
Free for a Short Time
Hey friends, It's late, so I'll make this short and sweet. Tomorrow, Wed. Dec. 12, 2018 from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM, my book, "His Yankee Wife" will be free on kindle. Set a reminder, set an alarm, mark your calendars, cause normally it's $7.99. I was trying to figure out what… Continue reading Free for a Short Time
Hope and Advent
Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. At church they lit the hope candle and talked about hope. I’ve mentioned hope before and even wrote a blog post about it, but it keeps popping up in my thoughts. Ask any child this time of year what they are hoping for, and you’ll get answers like… Continue reading Hope and Advent
Crocheting a Prayer
Good morning, faithful readers. Did it snow where you live? There is a dusting on my steps, my daughter said, and my husband said there was some on our car before he left for work at 5:30 this morning. I’ll take their word for it. How many of you enjoy yarn crafting? I crochet and… Continue reading Crocheting a Prayer
Binge Reading: The Struggle is Real, Y’all
The batteries in my bluetooth earbuds ran down to 4 percent just before the climax of the story when the good guys catch the bad guys and save the ones held hostage. I put the earbuds on charge and finished listening to the chapter outloud, but of all places in the book for the earbuds… Continue reading Binge Reading: The Struggle is Real, Y’all
Autumn, Memories and writing a book
There’s just something about this time of year that feels almost magical. The crunch of dry leaves, their whispering as they scuttle past in the woodsmoke scented breeze, chilly mornings, warm, sunshiny afternoons, sticky fingers after digging around in the Halloween candy, the sense that it’s gathering in time, it all adds up to one… Continue reading Autumn, Memories and writing a book
Sundays
Yesterday, I was pondering on how things change. So, I wrote a little something that I thought I would share here. SUNDAYS Morning: These days it’s “Get up or we’ll be late,” “Did you put on deodorant and comb your hair?” “No, you can’t wear that tank top unless you plan to cover it up.”… Continue reading Sundays
It Takes Character
Several months ago I began listening to an audiobook. It was an Amish story. I don’t normally read Amish books, but this one sounded different. I downloaded it, got involved with the characters but could not finish it. I just knew the hero’s dad was going to make life very difficult for him and the… Continue reading It Takes Character
A Letter to My Readers
Dear Faitful Reader: I suppose it is unfair of me to invite you to follow my blog and then wait nearly 2 months to post a new entry. For your patience I say thank you. After all, you are the 2nd most reason I write. Yes, you heard correctly. You come in 2nd. The first… Continue reading A Letter to My Readers
Headed into the Deep End
I’m rather short. About five feet short, which means that I have to stay near the shallow end of the pool. Did I mention, I can’t swim? So, yeah, that shallow end and I are good friends. A couple of summers ago
Monday Morning Check In
I once heard a well-known author say in an interview, she works on multiple projects at a time. When the words to one story or article fail her, she goes to the next and writes on that one for a while. Then, when words fail on that one, she goes to another. It sounds crazy
June Update
It’s here! My newest book called, “Caleb's Story”. Here is the back cover blurb. The June evening is hot. It is the last summer before high school, and
Too Much Information?
This morning the name of a company came to me, one I had heard my husband mention several times. Caught off guard, I wondered to myself, "Is this a store or a supplier? Hmm," I told myself, "I'll just ask my husband about it." Then, I realized that if I had been paying closer attention
Hope
Hope. Something we all want, something we seem to lose quite easily. When we perceive there to be no hope in a situation, we give up. On the other hand
Don’t Trust Those Mirages
A friend of mine is writing a devotional, and one of the sections of her book talks about deserts. I was reading over her portion about mirages
February Update
It’s right there in front of me. The blank screen, and the knowledge that I need to write something.
2018, So Far
You know the saying, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb”? Well, this year
Merry Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve, a quiet Sunday morning here in my little town in West Virginia. I’m enjoying
The Day Before the Release
The day before my 4th novel releases, and what is running through my mind?
Practicing Writing
In the world of writers, wannabes, novices, part-timers, full-timers, professionals and life-timers I probably fall into the category of
Choices, Choices
Choices. We all have them, we all make them. In fact, the desire for the right to choose religion
Memories and Counting Down to Release Day
The first day of November is sort of a special day for me. Of course, it is the release day I have chosen for my book, “His Yankee Wife”, but more than that
After Going Live on FB
Wow! Going live on Facebook is fun, especially when you have a good
Four Years n the Making
I was in the middle of my third novel, “A Moment in Time”, a Scottish, time travel romance, when
After the Convention
Good Sunday morning. I'm sipping hot tea and remembering my time at the NFB state convention of WV.
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