One of the fun things about researching my Appalachian books is reading about the mountaineer’s sense of humor. Since I’m working hard on edits on my work in progress that has a Monday deadline, I decided to share some of the jokes I’ve come across in reading Appalachian books. These are from a book my mother bought years ago — …
Happy week after Mother’s Day. Sorry that I’m a day late with this post. I was celebrating with my kids this weekend and just let the computer rest for a couple of days. And now I need to get to work on editing my next year’s book. (This year’s book is releasing next week. Yay! Hoping readers will like …
A box of books landed on my deck last week. My story, A Chance for Kallie Mae, arrived all dressed up in a beautiful book cover with all my words printed inside. So many words. But it’s my hope that they are the right words that will pull readers into the story and make them cheer on Kallie Mae as …
Not long ago, I did a talk at the LaRue County Public Library. I’d never been there before, but a friend, actually a cousin a few times removed as people say, lives there and got the library events person to invite me. I was pleased that some people were there to hear me talk about books. Then I was excited …
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. ~Hart Crane Once more I am searching for the end of a story. Once more it seems to be hiding from me behind a crazy mixture of words that don’t seem to be paving the …
“Names are powerful things. They act as an identity marker and a kind of map, locating you in time and geography. More than that, they can be a compass.” (From The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon In a few weeks, well, if you want to be exact twenty-three days from right now, my new book, A Chance for Kallie …
Today as I was searching for an old file on my computer, by chance I stopped and looked at a different old file. You know it’s like when you are cleaning out drawers or closets and you keep coming across things that grab your attention. Before you know it you have spent most of your time looking at this or …
Not everyday do you get to go to tea at a castle. Well, not everyday do you get to have tea with a group of women ready to make a difference in the world by stepping out in faith and following whatever path the Lord opens up to them to improve our world. Sometimes we think there is nothing we …
“Having a dog will bless you with the happiest days of your life and one of the worst days.” — Author Unknown Sadly, I had one of those worst days yesterday when I had to let Marley go over the Rainbow Bridge. He began showing his age a year ago when he started getting lost when we went for walks. …
What a beautiful week we’ve had here in Kentucky. Spring has been all around with blooming trees and warm sunshine. It was enough to give you Spring fever and make some of you want to go fishing. Not me. I haven’t discovered whatever it is about fishing that makes people long after a pond bank. I like to walk on …