Sharon Dunn's Blog, page 2
October 23, 2012
Border Collies are borderline
His name is Bart and he is crazy…or maybe he just has lots of energy. When we got Bart at the shelter as aeight week old puppy,the man handling the adoptionexplained that border collies not only have lots of physical energy but they have to use their mental energy. Bart likes to run patrol around his sheep pen (aka our house) and keep track of his sheep, which is no easy task since his sheep keep leaving the house. He’s comes close to speaking English and knows lots of words andphrases like “...
March 5, 2012
New Love Inspired Romantic Suspense–Broken Trust
My new book Broken Trust comes out on March 6, 2012. It takes place in one of the most interesting parts of the world, Eastern Montana. My husband is from Eastern Montana and I have always wanted to set book in this area.This part of the state is ideal for asuspense setting becasue of the remoteness ( a thousand places for a fugitive to hide) and there is thisinteresting blend of good down to earth people and people who live outside the law.
July 1, 2011
Menopausal Moments: The Spice Issue
I used to be one sharp witted cookie. Honestly, I could keep the kids’ schedules and what I needed to get at the grocery store for a week’s worth of eating in my head. Didn’t need to write anything down, didn’t need to make lists.
Menopause hit and I became a space cadet. Can’t remember anything. I forget people’s names. Forget what word I’m going to say in the middle of a sentence.
Now when I go to the grocery store, I can’t remember what I have in spice cupboard. I become convinced that I a...
June 30, 2011
Kindle: my review
I’ve had my Kindle since before Christmas. I’m not a technophobe. At the same time, I’m not the person who stands in a long line to get the next generation of whatever.
Given that, here is what I love/ don’t love about my Kindle.
Love. That it is take care of some of the issue of shelf space for books in our house. We are a family of readers who have a hard time parting with books. We simply cannot buy another bookcase.
Love. All the cheap and free books I have downloaded. As if my second myst...
June 28, 2011
Writing Advice Tuesday–Messy Desk, Clean Story
Despite my best efforts, I have never been an organized person, not in my home not with my writing. To me, if I can’t see it in front of me, it doesn’t exist anymore. While I have friends who build whole notebooks or computer files filled with details about their story and characters, I can’t work that way. The information either has to be in front of me or in my head. The thing that has worked the best for me to keep the details of the story organized is Post It notes plastered all over my d...
