This is going to be an incredible week filled with fun, challenges, and hopefully a lot of great memories. My hubby, and oldest daughter and I are travelling to Texas to see our youngest daughter graduate from Youth With A … Continue reading
If you think marketing is difficult, don’t panic. Once you are published you do have to work hard to help push your sparkling new baby into the world so you can reach readers. You don’t have to have all the … Continue reading
Two time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough fascinates me both as a reader and a writer. One of my friends at work asked me if I’d watched the extra features at the end of the John Adams DVD. I typically do watch all the … Continue reading
I’m lucky. Really I am. I had eight weeks off this summer. This is my second day back at my day job. I’m employed as a counselor for nursing students ten months every year. I love my job. I’m also working … Continue reading
I want you to meet a very special person today. I call her the therapists’ therapist. 🙂 For me anyway. I’ve been counseling for thirty years, but as a writer, maybe especially as a writer I need someone with Jeannie’s … Continue reading
Hope your 4th was a great one! I enjoyed the awesome fireworks we watched last evening and am very grateful to live in the USA. However, I’m also a fan of Great Britain and its history. I work in the … Continue reading
If you read my blog post from last week Is the Pursuit of Writing Excellence to be Enjoyed and then hop over to some of my friends blogs like Rosslyn Elliott, Are You Fast Enough For Your Deadline?, and Mike Dellosso, … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. How can I do my best and keep loving what I do? My first novel has been available for a bit more than a month now. I wrote the very best novel … Continue reading
I’ve been revisiting the old fear monsters lately. I didn’t want to; they just sort of crept up on me. I’ve wrestled with different types of fear my entire life. My parents separated when I was six. I had nightmares … Continue reading
When you write books lots of people will ask you where you get your ideas? I get them from everywhere, but I guess I could equate it to those who can really cook a great meal. Some writers might use recipes … Continue reading
