The trouble with going to writers' conferences is that you come home with a head full of ideas that if you don't take action on immediately are likely to dissolve into the mist of someday without ever being accomplished. Well, this year, I decided to take a couple of ideas and put them into action as soon as I returned home. My favorite, by far, has been starting up a private FB group for my fans … [Read more...]
How To Take Care of Yourself
That fight or flight thing gets us in trouble. Stress leads to burn-out. When we crash and burn it is hard to get up and get going again. Writers share war stories. But writers also share something else—burn-out that is related to writing. This is a different kind of stress, because we think too much. We process, analyze, dissect, put back together, and come up with ten ways to worry over a … [Read more...]
HUGE Release Day Celebration Giveaway (30+ prizes)
To Wager Her Heart, the third and final Belle Meade Plantation novel, hit the shelves last Tuesday—the same time the huge release day celebration giveaway with over 30 prizes went live! Have you entered the giveaway yet? ENTER TO WIN Prizes include . . . U.S. Mailing addresses only due to postage costs And there's also the regular monthly giveaway for August for … [Read more...]
Starting Our 44th Year
It doesn't seem possible, but my husband and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary this past weekend. Four decades, four wonderful children, and now four years in our new city of Wichita. Ken surprised me with a fun date night that showed off much of the best this town has to offer. We drove downtown and parked at the beautiful Century II concert hall and convention center, then caught the … [Read more...]
Inspired by Scripture
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The Things a Writer Never Wants to Hear
For the past few days, I've been racking my brain for a blog topic and drawing a BLANK. So I asked two of my heroic writer friends, Courtney Walsh and Katie Gansert, for help. Katie came up with the idea for this post and the three of us compiled the below list together. Please keep in mind that we love writing and publishing and that we were laughing and only wincing a little when we … [Read more...]
Words You Don’t Want to Hear from the Eye Surgeon…
"I won't lie. You'll be in a lot of pain & discomfort for the first week." Oh goody. Next week, I'm having surgery to remove a nodule that is growing on my eye, fast approaching the cornea where it could do permanent damage to my eyesight. The first week sounds like it will be quite unpleasant. After that, the full recovery of my sight in that eye can take up to three months. The surgeon … [Read more...]
The Jane Austen Festival: Looking Forward, Looking Back
In a previous post, I mentioned that my husband and I had the pleasure of attending the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England last September. Before the costumed promenade, we met Jane Hope who was there photographing the event. A few months later, the Associate Editor of Victoria magazine, Melissa Lester, emailed me to let me know she'd recognized me in Jane's photographs and asked to interview … [Read more...]
Catching the Wind
Every spring the youth group at our church holds a banquet where they auction off an assortment of great prizes to fund their summer mission trips. I bought a ticket for a chance to win a sailboat excursion on Lake Michigan. I’ve never sailed before, but I love to sit on our beach and watch the sailboats gliding gracefully across the lake, their white sails billowing. It looks like such a calm, … [Read more...]
Inspired by Scripture
This Sunday feature is brought to you by ClashEntertainment.com. You may sign up to receive a beautiful photo with scripture in your inbox each morning or view the verse each day online. … [Read more...]
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