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We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences. ~Carre Otis The Kentucky Book Festival was great yesterday. I had a nice position for my book table in the “circle” as the helper told me when I arrived yesterday morning. My table companion was a …
This Saturday, November 1st, is the 44th annual Kentucky Book Festival at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, Kentucky. To save you having to do the math, the first one was in 1981. The Kentucky Book Fair, as it was called before becoming the Kentucky Book Festival, was the brainchild of Carl West, a nationally recognized journalist who spent time in Washington …
A few years ago shortly after I published my first Shaker book, The Outsider, I talked to a book club in Washington state. They were having just their second meeting as a book club and they had picked my book. They must have contacted me to have a call-in at their meeting. I’ve always thought being in a book club …
“Do you like your name?” That was the question I asked at the end of my last post. Then I asked what name would they have rather been called if they didn’t like their name. One reader, Sharon, turned the question back on me. I have named hundreds of characters in the over forty books I’ve written. Each book has …
“Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.” ― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight “Jason scratched his head. “You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus’ means ‘happy’? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?” ― Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero I taught some writing classes at the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference …
Maggie Monroe Callie “Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog, the cat’s personality is never bet on a human’s. He demands acceptance on his own terms.” – Lloyd Alexander Back when I was writing my third Hidden Springs mystery, Murder …
“Write what you know.” That is advice many writers, especially new writers, hear. Some say it’s good advice. Some say it’s terrible advice. True, if I only wrote what I had experienced personally, I’d have very limited story ideas. Writing what I know would have all my stories about a small town country girl who loves dogs and kids and …
“Vacations with family are a time to create lasting memories, to laugh and to simply be together.” – John Wooden This week my husband and I went on our annual sibling trip with his brothers and their wives and sister and her daughter and son-in-law. We’ve been taking a trip like this in the fall for over ten years now. …
A church is not a group of friends you’ve picked. It is a group of brothers and sisters God has picked for you. – Michael Horton We celebrated Homecoming Day at our little country church today. That is always a special day for us. I’ve been going there since I married many years ago. At the time, my husband’s family …
Some of you have enjoyed my Hidden springs Mysteries. Others of you may not know I wrote a few cozy mysteries under the author name, A.H. Gabhart. Of course, if you read through my writing journey a few weeks ago, you’ll know that I have always loved reading mysteries and once, when I was in rejection valley, daring to set …