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I’ve been pondering something and would love your input…we’ll chat more below. BUT FIRST. The winner of ANGELGUARD is…Becky Doughty! Becky, you’re going to enjoy this one. I’ll get your email address to Ian ASAP. And thank you, Ian Acheson, for the great interview and for offering this free copy! Okay, so I’ve been thinking. As a fiction writer who… Read More
Thank you all so much for visiting my guest post at Southern Writers on Wednesday! Loved your comments! So, I’ve decided that since my brain is all but derailed this month, I need to take a blogging break. Still waiting to hear back on submissions for my Viking novel (yes, I’ll freely admit it’s been almost 10 months of waiting… Read More
After five attempts at writing a deep blogpost, I gave up. I know some of you have asked about my writing journey. So I thought I’d list a few things I wish someone would’ve told me when I started out. I wasn’t blogging then, so I didn’t really have any fiction-writing mentors (though I’ll give a shout-out to Brian Jones,… Read More
What great comments on this Wednesday’s blog about grief! I appreciate you readers so much.Today, I’m taking a little break. The cool thing is that I’m now the West Virginia ACFW area coordinator! I’m very excited about this, but I’ve been busy setting up our group page. If you’re around WV and you’re interested in conferences going on in the… Read More
Today, I have a major question for you, my blog readers: What do you like about this blog? What keeps you coming back? In other words, what tickles your fancy? The author interviews? The homeschool posts? The book reviews? The video blogs, complete with Southern accent? Newbie writer tips? Classy quotes? Viking lore? Appalachian lore? Or do you like any… Read More
There are many times when you just have no words for what you’ve been through. This is not one of those times for me. We got hit, square-on, by the derecho storm that ran through much of the northeast on June 29, 2012. Here’s a NASA clip on Youtube of what it looked like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjmUZq4I7M. It’s basically like a huge wall… Read More