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My RITA books are here! My RITA books are here! That’s al...

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That’s all I can say; I’m obligated not to discuss any details about the books I’m judging, which is fine with me. I totally understand the need for judges to be as impartial and anonymous as possible in contests, especially biggies such as this one.
Since I entered the RITAs myself, I am not allowed to judge in the category I entered. Which means I am judging outside of my normal genre. I’ve been pretty strictly stuck smack in the middle of the...

Sharpening Memories

I refuse to live my life looking back. Regrets are not in my nature, as I truly believe--and as we learned this week, as long as you believe something hard enough, it is indeed a fact--that everything that has happened in my life has led me to become this person in this place. And I'm good with that.

Except---

Lately I have found myself wishing that I'd taken my grandfather's pencil sharpener after he passed away.

It was an old-fashioned rotary style pencil sharpener that was mounted to a wall o...

The Things She Says

bebe's surprise face From the files of Kids Say the Darndest Things...come a week in the life of my kid. I'm a little biased, but I do think she's about the funniest person I know, and not just because she says what is one her mind...but because her mind jumps to so many weird conclusions.

When she was just starting to talk, I wrote down in her baby journal some of the things she said...and I shared a few too many on Facebook. When she started school, I stopped always writing down the thi...

It’s a Time Management Thing @NanReinhardt

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A little help from my friends @Liz Flaherty

I've started a new story. In truth, I don't know yet if it's going to fly or not, but I hope it does. I like
apple orchards and there is one here. This one's 60 acres and it needs a name. I've been calling it Allie's Orchard, but I don't know who Allie was. It will be kind of like McClure's Orchard, near where I live.

I already knew the story's heroine, but voila, give a woman her own book and she changes up on you. I'm anxious to see what she has to tell me about herself. So far, she's still i...

The Reading has Begun!

I got this lovely journal for Christmas.A week ago, my fellow Word Wranglers blogged about reading. Some have formally committed to reading at least 50 books in 2017. I haven’t signed up to read a set number of books this year, but I’ve been inspired by them to monitor my reading for the next twelve months.

There are couple of things I’ve noticed about my reading in the last few years. First, I don’t read near enough for pleasure anymore. At least I don’t think I read as much as I used to; I’v...

Where there's a Will...

At the turn of the New Year, I was hit with news of deaths… a dear friend, a distant relative, and the impending decline of a loved one from cancer. The trifecta of bad news was a harsh blow, and my angst-ridden blog that week reflected it.
 “They” say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But those gut punches can certainly send you to your knees for a time. I daresay we’ve all experienced it.  But we somehow manage to pull ourselves back up to our feet, often with a lot of cre...

Life By The Pants

Snow--2017 Sorry for the late post, but planning is not my forte as you will soon learn.

Like Liz, I am a total pantser. Although I must admit to a little bit of self-satisfaction glee when I learned she goes into the book with no idea of plot. I generally--save for Bix--come up with a general plot or idea before characters.

What if someone collected suitcases but never went anywhere?
 
What if outcast teenagers formed a club based on Dickenson's poem, "I'm a Nobody" ?

"What happens under the...

A New Bundle for this #writerwednesday

It's release week, WordWrangler readers! Not for a new book from moi, but from one of my faves - and 9 others that may be new to you. My publisher, Crimson Romance, chose my very first book, What a Texas Girl Wants, to be part of the new Texas Temptation bundle - 10 Texas themed romances that you'll love!

And is that cover yummy or what? Here's a taste of what you'll find between the covers:

Can't get enough of sexy cowboys? Check out these ten tales of bold, funny, take-charge couples who team...

What Do They Want From Us?

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