Whew! Back to a more normal reading month! Which ought to continue through the Fall! Yay!!!! Where to start? How about historicals, because you know they are my favorite! The Lumber Baron’s Wife by Lynn …
Genre Hopping
Do you read only one genre? Is it this or that—but never both? How about music? Is the soundtrack of your life all from one type of music or does it fluctuate based on mood and situation? I confess, I’m a genre …
A Change–and a Question
Being an indie author means that selling books is not as straightforward as with a publishing house. Many times, indie authors experiment with different options. A couple of years ago, I did just that, making my ebooks …
June Reads
I decided to post this a few days early because I will not get to finish another book before Tuesday. June has been another month with curtailed reading time. Ugh. And now my TBR pile (physical, Kindle, audio) is so large …
Get to know me
Over on Inspired by Life . . . and Fiction, we are celebrating a new look with a series of "get to know us" posts. Tamera Alexander created this wonderful graphic with the questions, so I thought I'd use it, too! …
May Reads
Travel months are usually good reading months for me. Not this time! Between a jam-packed, eleven-day Europe trip and a ten-day trip to visit family, my reading time significantly diminished! (Although plane rides …
The Beginning
Beginnings are my nemesis. The beginning of the day. Of a new season of life. The first attempt at a new skill. The first meeting with a new person. The first chapter of a …
April Reads
Whew! Definitely a front-loaded month—several books I was almost finished with at the end of March that bled over a couple of days in April. And a trip. That always boosts my reading because I have a hard time writing on a …
My Novelette’s New Cover
Many of you have downloaded and read my novelette, The Work of His Hands. When I wrote it and was ready to give it to you, I didn’t want to pay a cover designer. I tried to do it myself with a combo of AI and Canva. The …
Reviews or Ratings?
We have so many ways these days to find and assess which books make it into our hands and in front of our eyes and minds. In the days of yore (i.e. my teen and twenties—and even into my thirties!), I had nothing but a book …