The last time I blogged, I spilled the beans about the Weird Things Writers Say (and What They Really Mean). Today, in a follow-up piece to that post, I'm going to discuss the weird words and acronyms writers toss around as if normal people knew what they meant. My last post was a writer-civilian translation book, today's post is a dictionary. ARC - Advance reading copy. Sometimes publishers … [Read more...]
Oh, what a feeling! I’m dancing on the ceiling!
I just finished writing the last book of a seven book contract. I finished on Monday at around 4:30 PM. The book is due today but I turned it in yesterday at 3:30 PM. Am I happy? Yes. Because over the last three years, in-between and around those seven books, I've moved twice, had health issues, traveled extensively and also written seven novellas and two continuities. I'm not bragging. I'm … [Read more...]
A Room with a View
We're moving again. But only about five miles up the road. After growing up on a farm in South Georgia and living in the same house until I was an adult, I've moved a lot in my life. On the farm, we didn't own the old house we lived in but my daddy bought a cute little house in town and decided to retire and move my mama (and me, the last remaining child at home and the baby of seven children). … [Read more...]
Why I love writing about K9 police and their canine partners
I write a lot of books about K9 police officers and their four-legged partners. My first such book was a stand-alone for Love Inspired titled A Tender Touch. I became fascinated with the dogs that are trained to protect and serve. They go through intensive methods to teach them to search and rescue, find drugs and bombs and to track down dangerous criminals. They can pick up scents from twenty … [Read more...]
The Immense Power of Words
I make my living with words. Whether's it's teaching graduate classes at a Big Ten university or writing, words are my livelihood. I've had a love affair with words since I learned to read. I still vividly remember being a first grader and told I couldn't read a book because it was at a sixth grade level. Guess which book became my favorite of that year, and I still remember that story about … [Read more...]
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