Hi friends,Thanks for the brilliant responses to the mental health tip last week. I got some great ideas from your emails to add to my list for future newsletters. Keep them coming!Also, I'm a bit sad to report that the amazing growth of my new story...

Hi friends,I hope you're enjoying life wherever in the world you are.It's been pretty fun to see that over a third of my Patreon supporters are international. I've been getting approximately $10 pledges paid in SEK, Euros, CA, Pounds, HUF, AU, NOK, D...

Hi friends,I love fall, but winter . . . not so much.I recently decided that the amazing colors of fall are like a last party before the cold and grey skies of winter settle in.Check out these trees - one near my church parking lot and the second in...

Hi friends,I was made aware that a lot of my new newsletter followers haven't read all my books and so I'm adding an excerpt section to the newsletter: See if something catches your eye that you'd like to read.And just an FYI - all my Amazon books ar...

Hi friends,I got some fun ideas back from you about how to include cinnamon in a daily diet, including from Lynne who combines it with chocolate and pumpkin pie spices in her coffee machine.I don't drink coffee, but chocolate with cinnamon and pie sp...

Hi friends,Thank you for your kind words of condolences! The funeral was an amazing celebration of my father-in-law's life, his service in the military, to his church and most of all to his family. Beautiful!I also have to say thanks for all the grea...

Hi friends,A bit of sad news hit our family this week. My husband's father passed away. He was an amazing man, father of nine, who worked hard and always had time to help out when someone needed him.I'm writing this early as we'll be headed to the fu...

Hi friends,Quick update: My latest book, Awakening Horde, has had an amazing first week on Royal Road! Thanks a ton to those of you who went over and left a rating, review or comment. It's still new enough that each one makes a big splash.It even mad...

Hi friends,First, thanks so much for all your responses and feedback on last week's question about the tortoise (slow and steady gains for a character) versus the hare (immediate rewards and fast action) types of stories.The overwhelming preference b...

Hi friends,Family vacations are now behind us! Whew! :DThe older kids are starting college classes while the younger ones are balking at the start of "fun learning" again. That's what I've been calling our homeschooling, but the 7-year-old isn't fall...