We all have our quirks, don't we?  I'd love to hear some of your quirks in the comments!  Full disclosure: I may even give some of your quirks to future characters. It seems to me that those of us who are writers may have received more than our fair share of quirks.  For example, I still write my books in Microsoft Word.  I don't even use a recent version of Word.  No, indeed.  I'm using Word … [Read more...]

Have you heard of airbnb (or its cousin, vrbo—vacation rental by owner)? My husband and I used vrbo for a big family vacation a couple of years ago and it worked out great! We stayed at an airbnb for two nights in Hawaii last month, and we just got back from our second airbnb stay in Missouri. We are huge fans! If you're not familiar with the concept, airbnb  (pronounced air B 'n' B, as in air … [Read more...]