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NaNo Update
We are more than half of the way through November! Where did the time go? Lillie Among Thorns is keeping pace with where it should be. We hit 35,000 words this week! It's a good feeling and I'm excited with where the story is going. Lillie, my protagonist has taken on...
Thoughts on my first Audio Fiction Experience
So, I've listened to one or two non-fiction books on CD and it is quite like listening to professors lecturing in college. It is fine. I quite enjoyed some of it. But fiction was a whole new experience for me. Thanks to several business trips and events for work, I...
Review: Timber Ridge Series
To put it simply, Tamara Alexander's book, From A Distance, changed my life. I love, love, loved this story and Alexander's beautiful writing and strong characters. (See my full review of it here.) So when it came to reading the rest of the series, I was on it....
NaNoWriMo 2010 Update
Greetings all - I've been plugging away at the National Novel Writing Month and while I'm still about 2,000 words behind of where I should be, I'm pleased with my content thus far and the potential! I'm nearing 20,000 words and excited of where I can ramp up the...
My blog, in Wordle
Thanks to Wordle.net, here's my blog in a more eye-catching cluster. 🙂
NaNoWriMo 2010 has begun!
And they're off! Here goes NaNoWriMo 2010! Keep up to date with my progress here on my blog (see widget to the right) and in my weekly posts! So far - no words (thanks to travel for work and a day packed full of meetings). But you'll see progress soon on my new work...
Hooray for Friday!
I have a jam-packed weekend ahead of me for work, followed by a week of a conference and other errands! Yikes! Special thanks to my critique partner, Sandra Ardoin, for mentioning my good news on her High Five Friday Post! She has a fascinating blog and I highly...
Planning for NaNoWriMo
'Tis that time of the year again. NaNoWriMo! For those of you thinking I just spouted a bunch of gibberish, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month and takes place every November. The goal: 50,000 words in 30 days. It is a time of freewriting with no looking back....
Story Behind the Story: CJ Darlington
 This "Story behind the story" is a bit different - because CJ has a whole page on how her novel, Thicker than Blood, came to be! And this is the "Thicker than Blood" that won the prestigious Jerry B Jenkins Operation First Novel contest! I've also reviewed "Thicker...
Discovered Treasures: Flying Magazines
This past weekend, I picked up a bunch of treasures from the 40s that I use for reference and research in writing my novels. My favorite discovery: These magazines are full of articles and ads that testify to the full-fledge war effort in America in 1943 and 1944....