Thoughts on Writing Real and Living Real

At this past OCW conference and ACFW meeting last Monday, author Lauraine Snelling spoke on the stories of life and how those play into making your writing real. This lead me to stop and think about my own life and my own writing. The drafts I wrote in high school are...

How Horses Changed Me, Defined Me

Horses defined me long before I was even born. As a child, my mother was a horse owner and my father…sometimes was forced to clean his sister’s horse’s stall. (One of my favorite family stories is of him getting frustrated at having to clean the...

Of clear plastic and chance encounters

Looking back, it is easy to see the movers and shakers in your life. Those people who have affected you for the better {or for the worse.} Sometimes, you can even see how if you had diverged from your path in even the slightest way, you might have missed out on all of...

Snow and sickness on Valentine’s Day

Snuggled with two 70-pound dogs on our (thankfully) new and soft couches, I guess you could say my Valentines Day wasn’t typical. No strength to cook a fine meal, no groceries at all, even. But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it...

“And now, the end is near…”

“And now, the end is near, and so I face, the final curtain…” – Sinatra “My Way” I’m referring to my latest manuscript, of course. This project that I started for November’s Novel Writing Month has been a roller coaster...

Blog & Pinboard featured on Author Media

Pinterest for authors has been a hot topic these days, and the well respected Author Media group posted 3 Ways Authors can use Pinterest Guilt-Free. I’m also honored they used my blog and my pinboards as an example! Go to Author Media (add them to your Google...