Hi friends! I am emerging from my deadline cave for a moment because I am thrilled to have my virtual assistant, who also happens to be my youngest daughter, share a guest post today, allowing me to continue writing. I hope you enjoy! Hi everyone! My name is Kayla Godfrey, and I am a virtual assistant, specifically a virtual assistant for authors! Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved … [Read more...]

We're in Kansas this week visiting family and friends. We came by way of Columbia, Missouri where we watched two of our grandsons place 13th and 14th in the State cross country meet. Their team, coached by their dad, Ryan, and mom (our daughter Tobi), took FIRST in State for the third year in a row! We are busting our buttons! It was fun to watch the awards ceremony with their big brother, Reed, … [Read more...]

This weekend, I'll be joining about 100 readers and 40 writers at the Read, Write, Rendezvous in St. Louis. It's always a joy to mingle with readers and fellow writers. I'm looking forward to a fun weekend filled with bookish delights. Last weekend, however, my husband and I drove to Tulsa for the Will Rogers Medallion Award banquet. I was a double finalist in their western romance category. … [Read more...]

As you may remember, I started painting during Covid . . . and then things got busy and I sort of set my paint brushes aside. Or, to be completely accurate, I stopped going out to the caboose that serves as my painting studio. (What else are you going to do with a caboose in the front yard?) But the other day a woman actually wanted to buy one of my older paintings, so I went out to the … [Read more...]