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 …
March Reads
It’s been an odd reading month in terms of time to read, but a good one in terms of books read! I started this month with tons of reading time, and thought I’d have time to read while sitting at the hospital. That …
Our 2nd Annual Burns Night Supper
It was already going to be a little less traditional Burns Night this year, given that we were doing it a day early—January 24—so that it would be a Saturday night and not a Sunday night festivity. We had the Scottish …
February Reads
A slower reading month, mostly because my days have been full, so my reading has been at night. But I can truly say that each of these books I can highly recommend as great reads! The Correspondent by Virginia …
January Reads
January! What a lovely reading month it has been! Somehow—not sure how—I finished three audiobooks this month! What? Probably because they were so good that I couldn’t stop listening! There were other great books, too. So …