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My own “story behind the story”
Originally posted 7/12/2010 - In my childhood, my head was always filled with stories like the Chronicles of Narnia, the BFG, Call of the Wild and so many more. I gobbled up all the horse stories I could find. When I hit the sixth grade, I ran out of books that...
Hitting the blogging pause button
Jon Acuff (author of Quitter) posted a blog about taking the latter half of December and reposting old blogs and giving yourself a bit of a break. When you come back in 2012, you'll be fresh and ready for new content. It's good to pre-empt burnout when you can. I...
War Horse – Beyond the Pages and the Movie
Disclaimer. I do not regularly review movies. In this case, I make an exception. In 1983, author Michael Morpurgo wrote a sweeping saga for a young audience of WWI told through the perspective of a horse plucked from a Devon farm and following that horse's journey...
Book Review: Wonderland Creek
Description: Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, her nose stuck in a book. But happily-ever-after life she's planned on suddenly falls apart when her boyfriend, Gordon, breaks up with her, accusing her of living in a world of fiction instead of the real world....
Remember the 7th of December
There are events throughout history that we must stop and remember. These are the days we need to take a few moments and put things into perspective. Seventy years ago, thousands died at a relatively unknown harbor. Seventy years ago, a nation looked at horror of...
Looking back and looking ahead
I think most people take stock at the end of each year and pause for at least a moment to reflect. Where have you been? Where are you going? For me, I set aside some time and decided to make a list and really examine everything that has occurred in 2011. I stared at a...
“There is no try.”
Today, I fired up the laptop, pulled up my Google Reader and this was the post that greeted me. I needed that post. I needed that reminder. This line from Star Wars is one I quote and refer to a lot. I have it written in my day planner. "Do or do not. There is no...
My definitive opinion on e-readers
I recently met with a dear friend who works at a bookstore and she asked me, as a writer, how I like my Kindle. She said their customers ask about e-readers all the time, and since she doesn't have one, she's not exactly sure how to answer. Here's my answer - and I...
The End of NaNoWriMo – and I’m a “Winner!”
I'm so excited to have completed 50,000 words in twenty nine days. In the week prior to November, I had an additional 7,000 words, so I'm now about 30 to 40,000 words from my goal of 90,000 to 100,000 words. Phew. Lots of zeros. What I take away from NaNoWriMo (every...
Guest post today for Christina Nelson – Confessions of an ADD writer
Check out Christina Suzann Nelson's blog - she's fabulous and she allowed me to guest blog today about how my array of passions play into my writing career.