What I’ve Been Reading

I love my Kindle. Love. Love. Here’s a little snipbit of what I’ve been reading the past few weeks, and my thoughts on them… Reference/NonFiction – The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman I’ve had this on my to-read list for years. Every...

Best Blog Advice

Lately, I’ve been trying to focus my blog, improve the look, increase traffic. You know – what every blogger/writer strives for. So, I’ve taken a scientific approach, of sorts, and studied the blogs that WORK. (Note – this is a very incomplete...

What a character

Ask any writer, and they’re bound to have at least a dozen stories of people they met who later influenced or reappeared as one of their characters (maybe in an unpublished manuscript at least.) For me, I not only have people who stick with me, but animals. To...

Book Review: Lady in Waiting

“Love is a choice you make every day.” Those words on the back cover intrigued me the most. Susan Meissner’s Lady in Waiting is a beautiful novel with two tales woven together by a single ring and an inscription. Back cover: Content in her...

I need to rant

I have to say something—I simply can’t hold it in any longer. I cannot STAND it when people use horrible grammar and spelling in Facebook or Twitter posts. Yes, yes, I understand trying to keep things short and using a “L8R” here and there....