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Have To Hear It

So I’m back from my MS Summit event in DC and what an amazing (exhausting, rejuvenating, empowering) experience it was. Wow.

There were professional photographers everywhere so I just didn’t pick up my phone to take pictures. What I did take was this: a picture of the back of the shirt we all got. Normally I’m not a t-shirt wearer, but I like this one!

Anyway, Friday night we had a dance party. To see all those MS-ers rocking it out on the dance floor was very cool. And super encouraging. We da...

Bits & a Pitch

Let’s get straight to our bits, shall we?

1) Pen or pencil?

2) Most widely used class from high school?

3) Favorite breakfast food?

4) Window or aisle seat?

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

**If you’re out and about this weekend and looking for something to read, I hope you consider SUSPENDERED SENTENCE. It’s getting some really great reviews. And if you’d like a little teaser…the dead girl from the book is blogging over at Dru’s Book Musings today!

Dear Me

Training is going well so far. There have been a few emotional moments so far, but I guess that’s to be expected.

Borrowing an exercise we did here yesterday (but putting a different, lighter spin on it), here’s a fun writing prompt for any of you interested in playing along…

Write the opening line or two of aletter to past-you (from now-you). Make it funny or poignant, it’s up to you.

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

Paying It Forward

When I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis8 1/2 years ago, I was pretty floored. I knew what it was, and I knew what it could do, but knowing and understanding is very different than attributing it to yourself.

A guy I knew, put me in touch with a friend of his…to talk. This friend had (has) M.S., too. And this guy routinely rides his bike for twenty-five, fifty, a hundred miles. Talking to him helped, but knowing he had this thing and still could do those kinds of things is what reall...

Number Twenty

That’s right, today is release day for SUSPENDERED SENTENCE (the 4th book in my Amish Mysteries). I’m really excited about this launch for two reasons…

1) I had a blast writing this book. Here’s a teaser:

Nineteen years ago, Sadie Lehman simply up and disappeared during her Rumspringa in the Amish community of Heavenly, Pennsylvania. Led to believe Sadiehad gotten caught up in the English world, Waneta Lehmanclung to hope that one day her daughterwould come back.

Yet while Waneta prayed for a re...

Enough, Already

It snowed again yesterday.

I don’t really know what to say about that beyond, “UGH!”.

I could use some tulips right about now…

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

Favorite Bits

I figured it might be fun to ask about some of your “favorites” in today’s bits:

1) Your favorite pair of pajamas (describe)?

2) Your favorite “comfort” shirt (describe)?

3) Your favorite must-watch TV right now?

4) Your favorite person to converse with?

5) Your favorite name brand candy bar?

~Elizabeth (aka Laura)

Preparing for the Blank Screen

Since the next book I will be writing is the 2nd in my new 2016 cozy series, I have been spending the past few days re-reading the first. If I hadn’t written another book (from another series) in between the two, I wouldn’t need to refresh anything. But since I write multiple series, it can be a wee bit of a challenge to keep one book from creeping into another series.

I’m inputting a number of minor edits into the first book now and should have that done sometime this morning (hurrah). Once t...

Goin’ Rogue in the Kitchen

So this weekend (Sunday, most likely), I’m going to try my hand at making a dessert recipe all on my own.

I’ve always loved baking (my second favorite thing to do behind writing), but I’ve never gone completely rogue and come up with my own recipe.

I’m leaning toward something with white chocolate and peppermint (two very yummy tastes together)…or caramel. Decisions, decisions…

Have you ever concocted your very own recipe for something? If so what? And did it become a family keeper?

As for me an...

Back When

What one children’s book have you always loved and why?

I couldn’t pick just one, so I went with three :):

I vividly remember all three of these books from my own childhood.

Kittens for Kim (I was fascinated by all the different things he got in exchange for each kitten).

Katy the Snow plow (I loved to trace the paths she made with my finger).

And The Giving Tree (even as a little kid, I liked the lesson in this book).

Now, it’s your turn.

~~Elizabeth (aka Laura)