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A book is a gift you can open again and again. ~Garrison Keillor One of my favorite things to do as a writer is talk to readers and other writers. And one of the best times to do that is at a book fair or festival. The Kentucky Book Fair is one of the best in our state. This year …
My Friend, Jan “Watson’s success lies in her ability to create characters that are endearing and timeless. . . .” Romantic Times Magazine. One of the best things about writing in the inspirational market has been the friends I’ve made of other inspirational writers. One of those friends is Jan Watson who also lives here in Kentucky and writes …
I’ve been working all week on getting ready for the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference in Elizabethtown coming up this Friday and Saturday, June 24 & 25. I had actually thought this was my first writers conference when I went last year, but then I was reminded that I had led some workshops at the Green Rivers Writers Retreat some years …
Here’s the cover I promised to post Sunday about the book of dog stories, The Dog Next Door. I know. It’s Monday and not Sunday. But I was at my daughter’s house last night and didn’t have time to get on the computer. And I was too busy enjoying all the writers and books at the S.C. Book Festival this …
A writer spends a lot of time alone with her keyboard. Well, not exactly alone. She’s surrounded by characters. Sometimes those characters are chatty and ready to get on with their stories, and other times, the characters are obstinate as old mules in going through the gate of an author’s story. But in spite of the imaginary madness spinning around …
“You can kid the world. But not your sister.” (Charlotte Gray) Did you ever read a quote that carried any more truth? Sisters know us and we know them in a way no one else can. Here I am with my mom and my sisters a year or so ago before Mom’s health went downhill last summer. My mother had …
Here I am with Virginia Smith, writer and great keynote speaker at the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference. Ginny did a great job of firing up all us writers at the conference with her three speeches on The Road to Publication. She told us about her bumpy road as a writer when she went for years without selling any of her …
~~Here I am with my table sharers at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest, Jan Watson (Sweetwater Run) and Virginia Smith (Third Time’s Charm). I’m in the middle with Jan on the left and Ginny on the right. See us smile. That’s what you do when you go to a Book Festival. You smile and smile and smile some more. Mostly …
They’re playing for the championship in basketball tonight. I’m not watching yet. I might later, but if my team had made it – and they didn’t even get in the tournament (alas) – I’d be glued to the set. But I’m trying to catch up answering e-mails and such since the weekend was so busy I didn’t have time to …
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope you have a wonderful day with some great food shared with some people you love. And that you get to take a nap after dinner. I read the other day that naps enhance our creativity. Maybe that’s why I’ve been struggling with my new idea – not enough naps. Darrell would say …