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When life gives you too much snow, make snow angels. One of my favorite snow scenes that I almost forgot about when I started thinking about sharing snow scenes from my books is from The Believer, my second Shaker story. In this book I wanted to share more about the Shakers’ history and beliefs. They were very rule centered. They had …
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.” — John Burroughs I’ve known some Januarys where snow has been off somewhere to the north, where you could only find ice in the freezer, and winter coats were hardly …
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. ~Louis L’Amour Last post I shared how my editor encouraged me to write two more books featuring the Shakers and their history. When I had reservations, she dangled a carrot out in front of my writer’s nose. She said that if I would …
Winter is on the way. The weathermen have said that four letter word – snow. They warn that we might see some snowflakes tomorrow. On Halloween. But whether the snowflakes come or not, the frost and freeze is on the way. So far we’ve escaped a killing frost. My flowers are still blooming. I should go out in the rain …
The caption giveaway contest continues. You readers make me smile with all your imaginative captions. So here’s the new photo. What say you on this one? Tongue-Slurping Good I’m glad you had fun coming up with captions on Sunday’s photo. When I thought of possible captions, I was in the same camp as many of you with something delicious to …
June is almost here. That means July can’t be far behind and that means – drum roll, please – a new Shaker book. The Gifted is scheduled for release on July 1. My fifth Shaker book is set in my Shaker village of Harmony Hill in 1849 with a whole new set of characters. I did carry over one character …
At church this morning, I got a nice compliment from a friend. Well, actually a couple of nice comments. One, she said she’d finished my book, Angel Sister in the wee hours of the morning. True, she does have trouble sleeping sometimes, but at least I didn’t put her to sleep. But before she told me that she looked over …
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. – Russel Baker ~~ I like seasons. I like spring and autumn and even a few weeks of winter as long as the snow doesn’t linger and the ice is only in the ice bins in the fridge. Hate those ice storms. And I like summer. Even …
Here’s part of the beautiful staircase at the Shaker village near me. The double staircases have a big part in my next Shaker book, The Seeker. ~~But first I got some good news about my last book, The Believer, this week. Actually it was old news, but I didn’t know about it until now, so it was new news to …
I had the treat of getting to go to a book club meeting last week. One of the members contacted me and since the meeting was in a neighboring town, Taylorsville, I was able to make the drive to share their book talk. The picture is of a few of the ladies in the club. I always take my camera …