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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

2010 GOALS

My nine month old granddaughter, Alexa Reese, started walking this week.  I still am in awe of how fast babies learn and grow.  In less than one year she has gone from being a newborn infant who only knew to cry to get her needs met to feeding herself, communicating her feelings of unconditional love [...]

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

When a good idea practically hits you over the head…

I’ve never considered myself much of a “spiritual” person, but I do have a certain form of faith running through my veins. I have faith that my vacuum cleaner will quit on me on the day I need to clean the house for guests arriving the next day. I have faith that my car will get [...]

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Ten Years Later

What I’ve learned in ten years of writing.

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Out With The Old And In With The New

Just like time, stories evolve. Something once thought a lost cause can evolve into something workable.

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Don’t be afraid of the dark side!

After years of avoiding anything dark and angsty, I’ve jumped ship. I still love romantic comedy, but I am falling hard for the intricacies of suspense thrillers…

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

NaNo Fail

My story of NaNoWriMo failure this year. And how I’m changing tactics.

Monday, November 30th, 2009

I’m Thankful

November is a month of thanks for me. Not because it’s the month of Thanksgiving but because of everything happening this month. I am participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. I am managing to stay close to where I should be on my word count. I am writing my first western romance and enjoying the story. My reward [...]

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

What Exactly do I Write?

I get asked a lot – what do you write? And I hedge. Okay, so technically my genre is romance, but there are so many different categories of romance it’s hard to pigeon hole myself into any one specific area. So I don’t say romance. People look at you like you’re a freak if you say [...]

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Three Things I Learned from NaNoWriMo

Three things I’ve learned from participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).

Saturday, October 31st, 2009