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The UPS man came calling yesterday and when I opened my door, there on my the step was that much awaited package – my new book, Small Town Girl. All my words neatly printed and packaged in a great cover. There’s our small town girl, Kate in her red dress standing on her front porch thinking romantic thoughts. She is, don’t …
Back in the 1990s I read a series of books about prehistoric Alaska. The first story in the Ivory Carver Trilogy was Mother Earth Father Sky. I’m sure I partly picked it up because of that great title, but I was soon captivated by the story and the characters. Fast forward a decade and I get to know a …
Only weeks away from the release of Small Town Girl, my second Rosey Corner book. It follows up the characters in Angel Sister five years later. And now it’s time to title the Rosey Corner book I’m writing now. My working title has been Home to Rosey Corner. I like it but I haven’t had any illusions about that title …
“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” (Norman Schwarzkopf) Do you know why we have a long Memorial Day weekend? Some people think of it as a day to decorate the graves of their loved ones who have died. And that does happen …
A few years ago when my writing wasn’t going so well, I was exploring new options. One of those was writing devotionals inspired by things out here on the farm. I thought if I could come up with one devotional per week, I could turn it into a Hiker’s Devotional. Then my fiction writing began to get rolling again and …
In about a month I’ll be celebrating a new book out for readers. Small Town Girl is scheduled for release on July 1, but usually I get to enjoy that new book smell when I open up a box the UPS man brings to my door a few days before July. It’s always exciting to actually hold that new book …
Brooms make me think of Shakers. That’s what I put on my Shaker Wednesday post on my Facebook page this week, but there’s only so much you can put on a Facebook post. And a person can write a lot about Shaker brooms. If you visit the Shaker village of Pleasant Hill here in Mercer County, Kentucky, you can see …
What Sunshine is to Flowers, Smiles are to Humanity. ~Joseph Addison Today was Mother’s Day. A beautiful time to remember Moms everywhere. It was a sad day for some who were missing a mom gone on before them. I still have my mother, but she’s not the mother I’ve known all my life. Dementia has stolen her memories and joy …
I had fun with my last mystery picture that wasn’t much of a mystery for some of you. So how about this one? Got a guess before you read on? While you’re thinking about it, let’s talk about Spring. Here in Kentucky it was so cool in March that spring tarried and dragged its feet, but then April came along …
“Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It is a skill every writer has to acquires.” ~Lisa Scottoline Got the pages for my Christmas novel last week for one more read through. Someday I’m going to keep count of how many times I read through a story …