Subsequent Books

While I’m perfecting book one I’m writing book two in my Everyday Miracles Series. A blog post by Rachelle Gardener today made me wonder if readers prefer subsequent books that are related to the debut or books that are completely different. I adore the...

Happy Mother's Day

I was blessed to spend this past weekend with my mom. She and her best friend came to spend the weekend with my husband and me. On Saturday evening I flopped on the sofa next to her and laid my 39-year-old head on her shoulder. She stroked my hair while we sat and...

Blackberry Winter

This past weekend I noticed that the blackberry brambles were finally starting to bloom and thought to myself that blackberry winter would likely be along any day. Well, tomorrow we’re not supposed to get out of the upper 50s after a nice stretch of 70s....

Showing vs. Telling

Most every writer who’s studied the craft knows that we’re supposed to show the reader what’s happening rather than tell. Instead of, “She introduced herself shyly,” we write “She introduced herself with her chin against her chest...