Sunday Morning Musings: Bread Cast Upon Water
“Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later. Divide your gifts among many, for in the days ahead you yourself may need much help.” Ecclesiastes 11: 1-2 This…
Sunday Morning Musings: The Search For Ice
It’s the Friday after Hurricane Ian did its thing in Florida. The power went off Wednesday at 6 p.m. I’ve taken the recommended precautions: plenty of drinking water, bathtubs filled…
Remarkable Romance for Discerning Readers
I have picked up SO MANY books lately that were just meh. I was beginning to wonder if it’s me, but I don’t think it is. I’ve also begun to…
Sunflowers in Summer, Part 1
If you read White Roses in Winter, you may recall Tiffany Preston, Kerrie's back-stabbing frenemy who takes a fall. I love redemption stories, and I'd like to give Tiffany one…
Romantic Beach Reads and So Much More
IF YOU STAY (Book Three, Red Bud Iowa) BUY THE BOOK HERE A runaway daughter. An unforgiving father. A reluctant artist. At 18, Joy Laurence took off with the…
If You Stay
If You Stayis Joy's story. Joy is Devonny's mother from Book One, If You Knew. Joy confesses to Devonny that she left her hometown 25 years ago with Devonny's father,…
Writing Your Obituary for Fun and Fantasy
Writing Your Obituary for Fun and Fantasy I suggested to my Lakeland Writers group that it might be a fun exercise for them to write their own obituaries. Alas, I…
A Writer With ADD
Welcome to the unplanned career of a disorganized (but talented) 😊 writer with ADD who makes laughable promises to herself (“As God is my witness, I will post on social media no less than three times a week”) and wonders how she ever managed to publish twenty or so books in the first place.
IMPOSTER SYNDROME?
IMPOSTER SYNDROME? Imposter syndrome? I seriously thought this was a joke. The term is used a lot amongst creatives, but I never understood exactly what it was or what it…
The Animal Cover Dilemma
The Animal Cover Dilemma Ever since the conception of Animal, I’ve had a vision of the cover. Nothing but the hero’s face, half of it in animal form. The title.…