We’ve been having some real Kentucky weather. Last week up to almost 70 degrees and then tornadoes and storms. This week windchills down to zero. It’s chilly out there. When I walked yesterday, I had to pull out my big coat. The one that’s so fluffy and thick that my arms stand out from my sides. I don’t pull out …
Blowing your own trumpet
Well, it’s Monday again. Time to post some of my journal thoughts. Because I’ve been thinking about how I need to learn more about publicity and how to connect with readers, I’ll start out today with this little poem I came across in a quote book a few months back. It’s an old one by Sir William S. Gilbert. If …
Speeches and Book launch for Summer of Joy
Finally got those galleys corrected and off to the editor. I’m hoping I made the story read better. I like to read books that don’t jar the reader away from the story because of awkward wording and so that’s the kind of book I want to write. I even sometimes read my final copy aloud so that my ear can …
Colds, red noses and deadlines
Hey everybody. Hope you have all escaped the cold bug, but alas, I did not. Our preacher came down with something the week before Christmas and managed to pass it along to everybody in our church. We have a small congregation (average around 40) so it wasn’t exactly an epidemic, but there’s been a lot of coughing going on while …
The different types of books I’ve written
January is speeding along. I’m busy working on edits for my novel, The Outsider, that is scheduled for publication in August. It’s a bit of a departure from my Hollyhill books and is more the traditional historical romance. My Hollyhill books are family dramas with lots of different characters while in The Outsider the story centers around the heroine and …
Journal writing and my first dog, Ollie
I’m figuring out what exactly I want to write about in my blog. I’ve been a journal writer forever, but that’s writing to myself. Now this may be writing to myself too, but it’s like leaving my journal open out on the kitchen table where anybody can read it. That might be okay. I’ve done some of my best writing …
Hi, Everybody!
Hi, everybody. I’m just a country girl who’s been writing forever. I hope to share some of what I’ve learned about writing over the years and some about being a country girl through and through. I’m an author with 16 or 17 published books. My newest one will be out next month, February 2008, and is titled Summer of Joy. …