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MOUNTAIN MAMA
There is truth in the trailer park and honesty in the car on blocks. Starvin’ Marvin and “as seen on TV” live cheek by jowl with the likes of handmade quilts and apple butter; old-time music and the oral tradition. Some folks say it isn’t True, isn’t the way things...
The Opinions of Strangers
I recently read an article in Publishers Weekly by an author who opted NOT to read any of her book's reviews for the first six months it was in print. At the end of six months she printed out 300 pages worth of reviews and read them ALL in one sitting. And what do you...
Celebrating My Home State
My novels are set in West Virginia and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains. I'm the seventh generation of my family to have lived on the WV farm where I grew up. I treasure my heritage and consider myself a West Virginian even though I now live in the mountains of...
Really? This story AGAIN??
We were watching television last night and a commercial for a movie came on. As I watched it, I commented that the story was just a ripoff of Total Recall, a 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Guess what? They're remaking Total Recall. Now, I'm not saying it's...
Independence Day 1776
I've been reading Washington's Lady by Nancy Moser. Written from the first-person point of view of Martha Washington, it's engaging, entertaining and not a little educational. And it's giving me a new perspective on our country's fight for independence. The Fourth of...
Not the Best Books–Rather the Most Influential
I love lists. Top ten lists and favorite things lists and bucket lists and wish lists. THIS is a cool list. It's not the best books--rather it's the top 80 books written by Americans that have shaped the nation. There's fiction and non-fiction. Thre are children's...
Drawing a Map of My World
I'm entering Miracle in a Dry Season in a writing contest that requires me to submit a chapter by chapter summary. Eek. Writing the overall summary was hard enough. Well, the past few days I've tackled my novel, chapter by chapter. And now? I'm wishing I'd done this...
Where Do You Write–And How Loud Is It?
I do most of my writing at a laptop somewhere in our house. I have a lovely desk in the bedroom that I keep tidy with all the tools I might need. It's the perfect place to write. But sometimes it's TOO quiet. Even when I'm alone in the house, I'll write with the TV or...
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