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Monthly Archives: June 2011
June ’11 Free Book Winner!
Congratulations to Tracey Monette our June 2011 Book Winner! Tracey, please email me with your choice of our 2 June Free Books and your mailing address. I’ll send it to you ASAP! During July and August we’ll take a break … Continue reading
35. Voice Redux
YOUR Novel! In my last post on YOUR Novel, I explained I had to take a break due to extreme parent care needs. My family is getting things more under control, and I’ve found time to write these posts. Thank you for … Continue reading
MOTHER
Wild Word Friday! My MOTHER is often on my mind right now. She is struggling with dementia, and, as always in matters of dementia, the whole family also struggles. My MOTHER played the piano beautifully and taught a more than … Continue reading
Made Me Laugh
Kids and grandkids have a way of touching our hearts, deep down – and our funny bones. We recently took a short car trip with our granddaughters ages 9 and 6 and stopped at a Sam’s Club to buy groceries. … Continue reading
HALL
Wild Word Friday! HALL? Ummm, what’s wild about that? I’m not referring to HALL as in HALLway, but HALL as in the names of various German and Austrian places or towns such as HALLein, Schwaeblish HALL, and HALLstatt. You see, hal … Continue reading
34. Life Happens
I was having a great, motivated, write-every-day week. My husband was away on a fishing trip, and I had six hours of daylight between care-giving times for my dad-in-law. I was really going to speed into my second draft! But sometimes … Continue reading
CYMOTRICHOUS
Wild Word Friday! Last week 14-year-old Sukanya Roy won the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling the word CYMOTRICHOUS. If you saw the video clip, you probably noticed that she had a little twinkle in her eye as she … Continue reading
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A Visit With Author Susan Sleeman!
Let’s all welcome Susan Sleeman to my blog today. Her newest book BEHIND THE BADGE was just released! Enter to win a copy of Susan Sleeman’s Behind the Badge and a $50 Amazon gift card! Susan Sleeman here. Behind the … Continue reading
Vacation!
This will be my last Wednesday post until September. Summers are so very busy for us, not because we are on vacation but because people on vacation come to stay with us. It’s a great time and we have a … Continue reading
33. Redux/Editing
Writing is like golf. In golf, we celebrate pars and birdies and eagles, but to shoot a perfect game your score must be 18 on 18 holes, and nobody shoots an 18. Nobody writes a perfect short story or a perfect … Continue reading