Poetry Contest

One of the blogs I follow each week belongs to Rachelle Gardener. She offers wonderful insight and advice into the world of publishing. This past week she wrote about some tough conversations that may come even AFTER a writer has an agent. They include: book two...

Allow me to introduce . . .

I’ve gotten to “know” several ladies through my writing. There’s a whole on-line world of writers who blog, critique and comment most ever day. I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to some of them and to encourage you to swing by their...

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...

Meeting Expectations

A commoner became a princess today. One of the most carefully guarded secrets about the royal wedding was Kate’s dress. I know the most exciting part of my wedding (other than actually getting to marry Jim!) was choosing the dress. I was so excited to wear that...

When television makes me want to write

Typically I’m one of those people who thinks the book is better than the movie. And sometimes when a favorite book is made into a movie, I’m not even sure I want to see it. How will they have messed it up? What wonderful things will be left out? And then I...