No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen Are you ready for a new Mystery Photo Game? I know. I’ve been promising one for a while, but I had that book to finish and the new book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, just released to try to talk up to all the readers I know or hope to …
Taking the Waters at Graham Springs
Graham Springs in the first half of the 1800s was considered the “Saratoga of the west.” When I was writing my story, The Pursuite of Elena Bradford, set at Graham Springs, I kept wanting to say the Saratoga of the South. But at the time Kentucky was a western state in the USA. California didn’t become a state until 1850, …
Elena Bradford Is Making Waves on the Internet
When I have a new release, I’m always surprised by readers who go the extra mile to let me know they’ve read my book. I appreciate when they write a review and post it online somewhere or many somewheres. This time I’ve had a few make graphics with pictures they’ve gleaned from the internet (I suppose) but that match what …
Celebration Times Two
“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” —Henry Ford I like Henry Ford’s quote. We are beat before we start if we think we can’t do something. But if we are the Little Engine that Could and keep saying “I think I can,” then we have a better chance of …
A To Do List for Joy
“Find joy in the simplest of pleasures and you’ll never feel deprived.” –– Unknown I had a booksigning last Saturday for my book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, that will officially release next Tuesday, May 6th. Always an exciting time when one’s book flies out into the world to find readers. Sometimes a little nerve-wracking too as you worry about what those …
Ballroom Dancing Etiquette
T Writing a book set in the past can open up some doors to interesting research. A writer can suddenly find themselves needing more information about things she never even considered needing to know when that first idea for story came to mind. But then you start digging a little deeper into the story’s history. You think more about what …
Back to Beans & Taters
It’s back to beans and taters here on One Writer’s Journal. A preacher at our little country church used to say that after we had a guest speaker or some kind of special program and then he was back in the pulpit bringing us a message. So, if you went on the Scavenger Hunt last weekend, then that was the …
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #9
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #9 Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 4/10 at noon Mountain with Stop …
1st Sunday Devotional – A Week to Forget
This picture of a little fawn has nothing at all to do with my post, but I needed to pull up a picture to give me a smile. This week has been, as I said in my blog title, one to forget. I came up on this baby several years ago. I actually had Frankie on leash, but he never …
Any Day Is a Great Day for Smiles
“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” — Tom Wilson Have you ever seen a dog smile? You might say Frankie is smiling here, or it could just be a goofy look. You can decide. We did have a dog named Tate once that did smile. Whenever we would get home after being to church, town, school, …
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