This week was the first week of classes at Purdue AND Acfw board meetings and conference in St. Louis. I also had Art of Deception release Tuesday in the Come What May suspense collection. To say it's a bit of a blur is an understatement. It's also been filling for my soul. I love teaching. And I love writing and being with my writing friends. But I'm also tired. So today I thought I'd … [Read more...]
Our Words Matter, Book News & Giveaway
Earlier this week I gave a keynote at a plenary session to approximately 350 court staff from across the state of Indiana on customer service and why they matter. As I left, I thought back to 12-year-old me who sat in a hearing room at the Nebraska Unicameral and was so impacted watching attorneys with a national advocacy organization testify on behalf of families like mine. Even at 12 I noted the … [Read more...]
Audiobooks? A few ways to give them a try.
I loved reading Tammy's audiobook post from earlier this week. A few years ago, I couldn't imagine listening to audiobooks for any length of time. Partly this was because of cost. Partly it's because I love the feel of a book. Partly because I don't always love the narrators. But I reached a point where I wanted to redeem the time walking across campus, driving all over town. Audiobooks … [Read more...]
The Story Behind the Story
In April I have a novella releasing in a new collection Across the Shores. But the germ of this story came to me years ago. I was trying to find the original proposal idea and I'm going to guess it was about 2011 or 2012. I'd written two series of WWII novels for Barbour -- Cornhusker Dreams set in Nebraska and the Ohio Brides set in Ohio. Stars in the Night was about to release, and Shadowed by … [Read more...]
Talking to My Friends
The last two weeks I've been chatting with many of my writing friends as I've been recording new episodes of Book Talk. It has been such fun! Two weeks ago I chatted with Kristy Cambron and Jill Eileen Smith. Last week it was Lisa Phillips and her team of authors as well as Mary Connealy. And this week I had a blast connecting with Melanie Dobson, J'Nell Ciesielski, Lynn Blackburn, Lynnette Eason … [Read more...]
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