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Being Real in a Social Media World

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[I'm rerunning a post that ran here almost exactly five years ago. All these years later, my thoughts about social media are still conflicted: I love it and I hate it. I think the questions are even more pertinent today than they were five years ago. I’d love to hear your thoughts.] My husband and I went out for an impromptu breakfast the other day and he asked me, “Aren’t you going to take a … [Read more...]

Persevere, Surrender, Pursue Excellence & Take Heart

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Back in November, I had the very great honor of speaking at the Christy Award ceremony. A few weeks after that event, I shared the first part of my talk (my own personal love story with books) in this post here at Inspired by Life...and Fiction. Today, I'm bringing you the second half of my talk. Why? because I need to hear this weekly. Okay, maybe daily. If I need to hear this, then I'm … [Read more...]

Coming in July, Colors of Truth

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It's always a pretty good feeling (#majorunderstatement) when you finally get a book finished, edited, and submitted to your publisher. And when you get the final cover, too! That's where we are with my next release, Colors of Truth, the second full-length novel in The Carnton Novels Collection, releasing July 2020. Based on the real history of Carnton, an antebellum home that served as a … [Read more...]

At a Loss for Words

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Monday is coming and I have to write my regularly scheduled blog. The problem is, I’m all out of words. I have no more stories to tell. That’s because the deadline for my next novel is two weeks away. I’ve been writing it for a year, and it has turned out to be 130,000 words long. That’s a lot of words—which is why I’ve run out! The novel is finished but I’m spending the final month … [Read more...]

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