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Button Crafts for Launch Week
If you received an early copy of my latest novel, The Finder of Forgotten Things, you also received a special button along with a handout for making some simple button-related crafts. And now that the book is officially released, I thought I'd share them with you,...
Five Takeaways for FIFTY Years
Yesterday was my fiftieth birthday. Which feels more surreal than anything. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that I'm starting my sixth decade! Weird. It does invite introspection, though. And I've been thinking about what I've learned over these last fifty...
What’s Your Thanksgiving Craving?
We're spending Thanksgiving with my husband’s family this year. And I while LOVE spending Thanksgiving with them, somehow the food isn’t exactly what I grew up with. Oh, it’s delicious. Adding homemade macaroni and cheese to Thanksgiving is genius. But it’s not what I...
Early Praise for The Finder of Forgotten Things
My husband loves my new book. He might have even cried a little at the end. Which is pretty much all the praise I need for this story! And yet . . . I'm deeply grateful to everyone who's taken the time to read early copies. And more than a little proud of the lovely...
Guess what? Some exciting news . . .
I've read every single one of the Mitford books by Jan Karon. And when my first novel was about to release, I even wrote to her asking if she'd consider endorsing it. (She declined so kindly I didn't mind a bit!) And then I had the opportunity to get to know Jan when...
Are You Christmas Shopping Yet??
I keep hearing how we'd all better hurry up and do our Christmas shopping early this year because there are supposed to be all sorts of shortages. Sigh. Does it feel like the world is trying to suck the joy out of everything these days?!? Well. On the off chance...
Appalachian Thursday – Using Dialect Part 2
Today's post is a continuation from last week. Sharing more delightful tidbits of our Appalachian way of speaking! NOT AS WRONG AS YOU THINK - Appalachian dialect can be labeled uneducated or backwards. Maybe folks need to rethink that one . . . His'n, our'n, and...
Appalachian Thursday – Using Dialect Part 1
Appalachia has a unique and, I think, incredibly special way of speaking. It hearkens back to Elizabethan England with a solid Scottish underpinning and even a dash of Chaucer now and again. I don't use TOO much dialect in my stories since it can bog readers down, but...
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