While I was away
Thank you all for visiting my blog last week while Christa was in charge. I was mostly unavailable because my mother and youngest sister were visiting from Indiana. And now I’m sick, so today I’ll just...
View ArticleMy Month of No Writing
My self-imposed hiatus from writing is over. I needed to take a break because I’d just published another novel and wanted to get caught up on things I’d neglected while working on that book. I stepped...
View ArticleTrudging Down That Dark Path of Despair
I said in my last post I needed to find some answers before I could move forward. At the time I wrote that post, I was in dialogue with a writer friend who is well-acquainted with the angst I...
View ArticleI’m a nominee!
A wonderful thing happened to me on Saturday. A friend alerted me to the list of 2013 nominees for the eFestival of Words Independent eBook Awards. She told me to pay attention to the General Fiction...
View ArticleStill not writing, but that’s all right!
I don’t know which is worse, having no story idea at all or having too many to choose from. I can’t decide which of three ideas to develop, so for now I’m not writing. I’m all right with that. I’m...
View ArticleSeeing Ghosts with James Garcia, Jr.
Today’s guest is James Garcia, Jr. or “Jimmy” as he signs the comments he leaves on this blog. In a previous post, I told you how much I enjoyed reading his vampire novel Dance on Fire. But his latest...
View ArticleOh, for the love of writing!
In a bit I’m going to share with you a post I wrote almost two years ago. I titled it “Write what you LOVE!” I wrote that post two months after The Brevity of Roses came out. I mentioned I’d starting...
View ArticleA Giveaway Heads Up!
Calling all readers! This brief post is to give you a heads up on the biggest giveaway ever done on this blog. Starting Friday, May 24th, I’ll be giving away ONE eBOOK EACH DAY for five days. Which...
View ArticleDAY 1—The Brevity of Roses or An Illusion of Trust GIVEAWAY!
Welcome to Day 1 of my end-of-May giveaway extravaganza! Starting today, Friday, May 24th, I’ll be giving away ONE eBOOK EACH DAY for five days. Which eBook, you ask? Well, you get a choice between The...
View ArticleDAY 2—The Brevity of Roses or An Illusion of Trust GIVEAWAY!
We’re on Day 2 of my end-of-May giveaway extravaganza! I’m giving away ONE eBOOK EACH DAY for five days. Winners get a choice between The Brevity of Roses or its sequel An Illusion of Trust. Don’t...
View ArticleDAY 3—The Brevity of Roses or An Illusion of Trust GIVEAWAY!
Two giveaways down, so this is Day 3 of my end-of-May giveaway extravaganza! I’m giving away ONE eBOOK EACH DAY for five days. Winners get a choice between The Brevity of Roses or its sequel An...
View ArticleDAY 4—The Brevity of Roses or An Illusion of Trust GIVEAWAY!
All right, we’re now on Day 4 of my end-of-May giveaway extravaganza! I’m giving away ONE eBOOK EACH DAY for five days. Winners get a choice between The Brevity of Roses or its sequel An Illusion of...
View ArticleDAY 5—The Brevity of Roses or An Illusion of Trust GIVEAWAY!
For my end-of-May giveaway extravaganza,I’ve been giving away ONE eBOOK EACH DAY for the last four days. Today is the last day to enter. If you win, you’ll get a choice between The Brevity of Roses or...
View ArticleThe Necessity of Free Books
The day I got my first library card was a 5-star day for me. Even when I moved to Germany, while my husband was in the Army, one of the first things I did was get a card for the base library. As a...
View ArticleWhat Dreams Are Made Into
I’m guest posting today at Tales of the Sith Witch because my novel The Brevity of Roses is a nominee for the 2013 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards. In my post, I talk about how...
View ArticleThis is my last blog post!
This is NOT my last blog post! Forget reading it; you’ll only get confused. SORRY about that. Back when I used to have fun blogging, that’s the kind of catchy blog post titles I wrote. I miss that...
View ArticleNO, NO, I’m not leaving!
Hey everyone, my post earlier today really backfired on me! I am not quitting my blog. Repeat. I am NOT QUITTING my blog. Sorry for all the confusion I caused. But I will certainly be more clear in my...
View ArticleChrista Polkinhorn is talking about me!
Since I confused a lot of you on Tuesday, I’m playing it safe today. So I’ll just let you know that Christa Polkinhorn is talking about me on her blog today. Also, I’ll say thank you to those who...
View ArticlePrint books are dead!
“Print books are dead, Mom,” said my son in a recent phone conversation. Lest you think this mother raised a fool, Daniel is Dr. Lewis, with a PhD in English, and teaches that at college level. He...
View ArticleTruths About Self-Publishing
I’ve been honest on this blog, sometimes embarrassingly so, and yet I feel I’ve also deceived. Sometimes it’s hard to decide what to share and what to keep to myself, but I’m going to be straight with...
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