I'm a Word Nerd, and as such, I love playing word games. Words with Friends, Boggle with Friends, UpWords, Taboo, Scattegories, Bananagrams, Scrabble. I even keep a crossword puzzle by my place at the kitchen table, so I always have some word fun to work on. I figure readers are word nerds, too, right? So why don't we play a word game together? Let's stretch our Word Nerd muscles and with some … [Read more...]
Lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s in Lynchburg
Joe and I recently had the pleasure of making a quick trip down to Lynchburg—just an hour or so away through the gorgeous Middle Tennessee countryside—where we enjoyed lunch with some of the wonderful folks at Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House. We had the best time—and enjoyed some of the finest Southern cooking you’ll ever have. We were joined by several of the wonderful … [Read more...]
Numbers
Yesterday I sat down to count the books I'd finished. I've been saying 165 for a couple of years now, so I did a recount and came up with the number of 173. What does that mean? Not a lot, really. It means that 173 times I sat down and put thousands of words together to tell a story or impart information . . . or sometimes both. Sixty-eight is the number of my years . . . and that number … [Read more...]
In Celebration of Bookish Friends
When I first started writing, I imagined the rewards of this work this way . . . Publication of my book! People I don't personally know reading my book! Pay checks! But time has proven that one of the greatest rewards of this work is this . . . friends. And it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? God isn't about worldly success. He's all about PEOPLE. Back in 2018, I felt led to start a local … [Read more...]
Why Isolation Raises the Stakes in Suspense
Hi friends, and happy Wednesday! We had a series of storms move across Florida as my husband was supposed to be flying home. Torrential Downpour. Flash floods. Massive wind gusts. Over 500 lightning strikes tallied. They closed Tampa airport and the other two in the area. All planes grounded, including my husband's, on a runway in Baltimore. … [Read more...]
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