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My New Facebook Group – The Posse

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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

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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)

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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

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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...]

The Things a Writer Never Wants to Hear

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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...]

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