I love a good Christmas novel or novella as much as I love a good Hallmark Christmas movie. Of course there are the perennial favorites like The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, A Christmas Carol, Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree, and The Night Before Christmas. But every year there are other great stories set around Christmastime. Here is a list of what I’ve read and enjoyed this year: Royally … [Read more...]
Our 2nd Annual Thanksmas
For the second year in a row we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with all our kids (and this year our granddaughter, too!) in a whirlwind 48 hours. It works out best, at least right now, for our boys to go to their in-laws over Christmas, and so we do Thanksgiving and Christmas in one fell swoop in order to get to do it together. The kids starting trickling in on Tuesday. By … [Read more...]
A historic hotel and a good friend
I went on a trip to Washington, D.C. with my husband last week. No surprise there. I often travel with him. And I’ve been to D.C. with him about a bazillion times. (Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but still!) We’ve stayed at several different hotels in the city over the years, but the one we’ve stayed at the most—and the one we returned to this trip—was the Mayflower Hotel. (Yes, that … [Read more...]
Texas Book Festival 2019
When people think of Austin, Texas, they often think of our big music and film festivals—ACL and SXSW. But for Jeff and me, those are simply weekends to stay at home. Our favorite festival weekend in Austin is—no surprise here!—the Texas Book Festival. This was our third year to attend and it seems to get better each time. Every year I discover authors I haven’t read before and end up reading not … [Read more...]
A Random Observation
So. I thought this blog post would be about teaching for the first time at an actual writing conference instead of online or at my local writers group. But when I got home, I realized I had taken zero pictures—and I hate doing a blog post without pictures! Suffice it to say, I had a wonderful time at the Permian Basin Writers Workshop in Midland, TX. I was terrified to teach in front of students … [Read more...]
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