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Prep Monday—Changes

As I announced on Friday, the RHP blog has moved to the RHP website. While Prep Monday will carry on in its regular slot, I’m making another change: Prep Monday will return to the usual prepper info, while our personal journey/land search and all it encompasses will move to Tuesdays. Basically, you get a two-fer […]

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This will be the last RHP blog post on WordPress—I’ve moved this segment over to the actual RHP website, listed under “more” for now, and I’ll be bringing you author features and blogs as well as the usual announcements about upcoming releases. The first post will be very similar to this one, starting today as […]

Writer Wednesday—Anthologies

I was recently asked to contribute to an anthology, for charity, and while I did pull out a horror WIP that I’d started a few months ago, I had a lot of questions before I kinda/sorta committed. See, while having short stories “out there” can help build your reputation, sometimes things don’t go according to […]

Prep Monday—Still Searching

We left bright and early Sunday morning and drove three hours to the listing agent’s office, then another 30 minutes or less to the first property we had scheduled. Trust me, NO ONE would be able to find us back there! We’d actually planned to look at 50 acres, on the back side of a […]

Writer Wednesday—Reputation

We’ve all heard how you need to be careful on social media and watch your privacy; we’ve all heard the stories about celebs who say the wrong thing at the wrong time. But I’ll bet you rarely consider how the things YOU post affect your reputation as a writer. It’s all well and good to […]

Prep Monday—Camping

Had a blast camping this weekend, GS camp staff reunion, in spite of a few small glitches: We arrived at the site, and while I was unloading the truck, I called my husband. Unfortunately, I heard his phone ringing in both ears—he’d left it in said truck, and there it sat, all weekend. The kid […]

RHP—Lily

Coming soon, LILY—a novel by Conny Manero! Lily Subjected to her mother’s punitive control. Belittled and ignored by her family, denied an education, the little girl struggles to be somebody. Lily Always playing second fiddle. She escapes through marriage; the dashing Edward is her dream come true. And then the lies begin. Lily Dragged […]

Writer Wednesday—How to Self-Edit

Before you send off your manuscript to an agent or publisher, you must participate in editing, also known as “pulling out one’s hair,” “screaming and crying as you continually hit the wrong keys,” and “repeatedly beating your head against the desk while yelling obscenities.” Many writers have given up at this point. First, send your […]

Prep Monday—Property Search, Part II

Well. We set off Saturday morning with high hopes—would this be “the one?” Sadly, no. The description was perfect: gently rolling, stock pond, electric, well, ten acres in pasture. The photos were nice, but a bit perplexing. So, anyway, we drove a couple hours and finally arrived. Even the gravel road that led into the […]

RHP—Never Nurse a Grudge

Charles M. Gearhart’s new book, Never Nurse a Grudge, is coming soon to a bookstore near you! And you absolutely have to go pick up a copy . . . Check it out here, and hop on over to RHP to order TODAY. It’s targeted to elementary readers, but totally has a lesson for all […]