** Warning**Possible sarcasm and mild ranting below. Read at your own risk. Sometimes, when I’m reading, I get mildly annoyed. And sometimes I get irritated. And sometimes, well, sometimes I just feel irritatingly annoyed! I have been known to stop r...

I’ve often had others ask me questions that relate to writing. How do I do this or that? What advice would you give about this thing? What do you do when faced with that? So, I thought I’d take some time this year and answer some of those questions....

Reading. I love to read. Sometimes I read several books in a week, and other times it takes me a week to get through one book. It all depends on life and what else I have going on. And sometimes on the book(s) I’m reading. I don’t know if you joined...

My birthday is tomorrow. And I knew I was getting older, but I didn’t know I was THAT old! You probably got an email or an update saying I had a new blog post up. Don’t go read it. It’s really supposed to come out in a few weeks, but . . . when I […]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve sometimes wished I could write more in a day. I mean I have stories that are waiting to be written, novels that need finished, and readers begging for another book! Last month was a writing month for me. Not only did...

I think the part of my brain that creates blog posts for you all is on vacation. I’m not on vacation, but it seems to be. So, let’s just humor it today and say it’s on vacation. Where is it? Hmm, I’m guessing it’s in an old ghost town up in Montana r...

Today I’m just going to give you a quote to think about. I’ve shared it before, but it’s worth sharing again. If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. ~Haruki Murakami What about you...

I was asked if I wanted to read and review this book. Since I’ve really enjoyed the author’s other stories, I said yes. And I really enjoyed this story! Old Ruddy’s Questions by Courtenay Burden My rating: 4 of 5 stars This story made me think of the...

Last week I challenged my readers to take the five words I gave them and write a few sentences that included those words. Oh, the creativity! Not only was this fun, but it’s a good writing exercise. And something like this might get your brain going...

Dear Readers, Here I am, back at the King’s Daughters’ Writing Camp. The weather here has been nice. More spring like than winter, which I’m really enjoying. The lake is still too cold to go swimming, but maybe later in the month some brave souls wil...