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Playing Doctor by Julie Rowe

These days, I’m hanging out with the RWA Women’s Fiction authors. We’re in the middle of a month long Write-A-Thin challenge. After months of relative silence, with everyone holed up in their own little part of the world, the daily check-ins are fun. It’s like a bunch of women have gathered for coffee and we’re sharing our writing [...]

Every Which Way But Focused

Whenever I’m struggling through the work-in-progress, as I am with the midpoint rewrites on Sex, Lies & Family Ties, I get easily sidetracked. So when people started to talk about the movie THE WORDS starring Bradley Cooper, it gave me something besides my WIP to fixate on. Larry Brooks, author of Story Engineering, the book [...]

My Walls Are Flannel

I subscribe to TheBookDesigner blog because I once entertained the idea of designing my own book covers. There’s just one wee problem. In the process of selecting images and putting them together, I discovered I don’t have an eye for design. Even if I borrow the idea exactly as it is, it still looks home [...]

Bootleg My Heart by A.M. Westerling

I’ve known A.M. Westerling for many years and when she shares pictures of her backyard garden on Facebook, I’m in love. I want to move to her house … or perhaps just have her come to mine so she can wave her magic wand over my gardens and turn them into paradise like hers. But you’re [...]

Under the Microscope at Plotting Princesses

My good friend Vicki Batman, who writes funny and fabulous romantic comedy short stories and novels, convinced me to spend the day with the lovely gals at the Plotting Princesses website. The Plotting Princesses are a group of north Texas romance authors who get together and brainstorm their plots. How cool is that? On their website, they [...]

When Thunder Rolls

I’m over at the Women Unplugged blog today, talking about last night’s storm and wondering, what both terrifies you and fascinates you? Read the rest of this post here.

And the BBB blog post winner is …!

Now that paint day is over, it’s back to smelling the roses. Yep, that’s my favorite job around here. It requires no effort or thought, kind of like writing when I’m in the zone. :) The big news today is the winner of my blog contest, open to all those who posted a comment during the [...]

The Beach Book Blast & Life Returns To Normal

Okay, I know I said I’d share Family Tales From The Crypt, but that’ll have to wait for another day. As the Beach Book Blast ends today and life returns to normal, my mind is elsewhere. I have a book to finish by October. It’s written, but now I have to change three-quarters of the words. Yeah, rewriting [...]

The Beach Book Blast & Family Meddlers – Part 2

I love to laugh … which is a really good thing because we all know that laughter keeps us young and healthy. But sometimes what doesn’t seem funny at first turns out to be one of our most memorable moments. So here are some more family meddler stories from the Beach Book Blast authors. Of course, some of [...]

The Beach Book Blast & Family Meddlers – Part 1

The Beach Book Blast is on right now and runs till August 18th. Be sure to check out the site for a full list of the prizes which include a grand prize of a Kindle Fire! As well, join the BBB authors tonight (August 16th at 8 to 11 EST) at the Facebook Party. We’re sharing [...]