Do come in out of the cold! That wind is downright chilly today. Feel free to grab a hot drink in the kitchen before venturing out again. It certainly got cold! I wasn’t expecting it to get this cold so soon. But at least we have plenty of blankets i...
I’m so glad you’ve come back to the Literary Lodge! Isn’t it a beautiful day? But come on in. This year seems to be giving us beautiful weather! The nights are chilly and perfect for gathering around the bonfires with blankets to talk about our favor...
Welcome back to the Literary Lodge! Come on in and get ready to find some new favorite reads! I hope you have plenty of room on your TBR shelf! With that sun shining I don’t think it’ll be long before we won’t want the blankets some of us have grabbe...
Welcome to the our 5th Five Fall Favorites blog party! I am so glad you could make it here to the Literary Lodge. We have so many books for you to explore this time as well as an exciting Grand Prize giveaway! Set back from all main roads, this charm...
Howdy! I hope you all are ready for some more fun and games because that’s what I’ve got for ya. I’ve really enjoyed seeing or rather hearing how everyone has done on the earlier party games. I hope you enjoyed those. This will be the same sort of ga...
I have four things for you today! Don’t miss any of them. 1. Next Tuesday is another 5th Tuesday which means it will be time for some more games and a giveaway! Be sure you come check out the fun. 2. On October 1st the gates to The King’s Daughters’...
Please excuse me while I climb up on my soapbox again. This is a topic that, as a writing teacher, drives me nuts! Have you ever read someone’s writing “rules” that makes you a little puzzled because either someone else tells you the exact opposite o...
Some people have asked me if my stories ever evolve into something different than I was expecting. Or if my stories ever change as I’m writing them. Sometimes they do slightly, other times quite a bit. Did you want to see what the changes for one sto...
To the Bookshelves This is the final stop on our story’s journey. I hope you’ve enjoyed this trip and learned some things. Once I made those final corrections from the proof copy, I created my kindle book for Jim Wood. I don’t like creating the kindl...
Final Checks The proof copy is in my hands! It’s always an exciting moment when I get to actually hold my story in book form even if it is a proof copy. But now what? After I’ve admired it and and commented on it and found some things to fix (the syn...