I love Christmas-themed fiction. Doesn't matter the length--novels, novellas, short stories. And in the past couple of years I've been wondering if I could write some kind of a Christmas story. I didn't know what, exactly. I …
Creating That Historical Feel Class starts Monday!
I'm teaching Creating That Historical Feel again through Margie Lawson's Writing Academy! If you or someone you know is new to writing historical fiction or is having trouble with their historical novel "feeling" historical, …
Visiting ACFW’s Blog Today
Just click on the graphic below to get to my guest post on ACFW's blog today: …
Word Crimes by Weird Al Yankovic
A friend shared this with me on Facebook, then I started to see it everywhere! Oh, how it made me laugh! If you are a grammar nerd or if you just like to see language used correctly, you'll enjoy this. …
Writing Process
My sweet friend and fellow author, Carla Stewart tagged me in a current blog hop. She actually wasn't the first friend to do so, but the first one that asked when I actually had time to participate! Carla writes lovely books, …
Lessons from my Uber-Busy April
My uber-busy April really began in March and went through the first weekend of May, but it was April itself that I thought would do me in. Too many commitments all culminating in a month already busy with Easter and two out …
Online Class on Writing Historical Fiction starts Monday!
Have you always wanted to try writing a historical novel but feared you couldn't put all the pieces together? I know that feeling--and have worked through it several times. Now I'm teaching a class on how to do just …
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Online Class: Creating That Historical Feel
Have you always wanted to try writing a historical novel but feared you couldn't put all the pieces together? I know that feeling--and have worked through it several times. Now I'm teaching a class on how to do just …
When All Projects Converge
I try to be very careful about the projects I take on, whether in life or writing. But sometimes even the things I know I am to do all converge with deadlines at the same time. Such is this month, but particularly this week! …
Longview Public Library’s Celebrate Authors Event
I'm so excited to be participating in the Longview (TX) Public Library's Celebrate Authors Event this weekend, April 3-5. It looks to be a fun few days of connecting writers and readers and chatting about books. Thursday is …