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February 22, 2019
First Page Friday ~ ACCORDING TO PLAN
This was the first manuscript I ever sold in 2010. In 2014 I received my publishing rights back for ATP and seven other publications. In 2015 I re-published According to Plan under my own name (after taking out the naughty bits...). Today, I'm sharing the first page from Tank and Shelby's story.
Blurb:
Shelby Stewart's been hired for the biggest case of her career. Locate missing socialite Harrison Grant. To complicate matters, her estranged husband lands on her doorstep. He's also on the hunt...
Blurb:
Shelby Stewart's been hired for the biggest case of her career. Locate missing socialite Harrison Grant. To complicate matters, her estranged husband lands on her doorstep. He's also on the hunt...
February 15, 2019
Happy Valentine's Day
Hubby and I don't "celebrate" Valentine's Day. It's just not what we do. I think it's because we say 'I love you' every day. The only exception being when he's away on a trip, and even then he usually FaceTime's me, or sends a text.
With hubby having served in the military and being away (anywhere from three weeks to months at at time, AND losing many, many friends during that time) we make sure to always say I love you. You truly do not know from one minute to the next if you will still walk...
With hubby having served in the military and being away (anywhere from three weeks to months at at time, AND losing many, many friends during that time) we make sure to always say I love you. You truly do not know from one minute to the next if you will still walk...
February 9, 2019
WEEKEND WRITING WARRIORS #69
What a week! I won an award for my book CAROLINE (Read More), and am still waiting to hear back from the doctor. Normally I wouldn't care because I retired early from my job, but we're trying to plan a family vacation and Murphy Law states that the minute you pick a date and are non-refundable... then they'll call with a day sometime in the middle of your fabulous vacay.At the time of this writing we are in the midst of a freezing rain warning. Blech. Top Gun gets home from Santiago, Chili to...
February 6, 2019
Do We Deserve Grace?
First, let's define what 'grace' means.
Grace means to get something you do not deserve. Hand in hand with grace walks mercy. Mercy means you do not get the punishment you deserve. God is abundant in grace and mercy and we can read all about it in the Bible. I'm going to share one verse and also a video of Matt Redman singing his song, "Your Grace Finds Me".
Grace means to get something you do not deserve. Hand in hand with grace walks mercy. Mercy means you do not get the punishment you deserve. God is abundant in grace and mercy and we can read all about it in the Bible. I'm going to share one verse and also a video of Matt Redman singing his song, "Your Grace Finds Me".
Therefore, since we have been made righteous by faith, we have peace with God through Lord Y'Shua Messiah also through Whom we have had ac...
February 4, 2019
I Won An Award!
I received the loveliest surprise this morning in my e-mail. I won the Jane Austen Reader's Bi-Monthly award for my book CAROLINE.
I was quite worried about my entry because most Janeites absolutely HATE Caroline Bingley and have a hard time reconciling their minds around her having a change of character and heart. Thank you to Charlotte Bream and her team for choosing my book.
Here is the review, link to the blog site added on the bottom if you wish to verify and/or check out this blog for oth...
I was quite worried about my entry because most Janeites absolutely HATE Caroline Bingley and have a hard time reconciling their minds around her having a change of character and heart. Thank you to Charlotte Bream and her team for choosing my book.
Here is the review, link to the blog site added on the bottom if you wish to verify and/or check out this blog for oth...
February 2, 2019
WEEKEND WRITING WARRIORS #68
Hello fellow Warriors. I'm back. My health is a bit dodgy, but I'm still kickin' and causing dear hubby tons of grief. Surgery looms in my future, date yet to be determined. Other than that, this past week saw me refresh my memory banks about where I was in my two stories (Georgiana and Mary). This led to the inevitable editing I do whenever I read my prose. I've never figured out how to shut the internal editor off, and I'm coming to the conclusion that a HUGE portion of Georgiana is going t...
January 28, 2019
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What famous person in history would you like to meet?
What a conundrum - my list is too long for this post. The biblical characters alone would fill this page and look like the chapter where so-and-so begat so-and-so. The major ones being Christ Himself, Esther, Adam and Eve (I mean, they WALKED WITH GOD!!). I guess that would have to also include Moses and Enoch as they also walked/conversed with God. Then there's David, Daniel, Paul, John (the Revelator), and on, and on, and on... See what I...
What a conundrum - my list is too long for this post. The biblical characters alone would fill this page and look like the chapter where so-and-so begat so-and-so. The major ones being Christ Himself, Esther, Adam and Eve (I mean, they WALKED WITH GOD!!). I guess that would have to also include Moses and Enoch as they also walked/conversed with God. Then there's David, Daniel, Paul, John (the Revelator), and on, and on, and on... See what I...
January 27, 2019
Sunday Snippet
Due to ongoing health issues, I've fallen behind on my Weekend Warrior posts. Although I didn't sign up for this weekend, I'm going to post my ten line snippet and continue on as though nothing happened.
I've been sharing from Mary - she's been SO much fun to write - but I can't forget Georgiana. I hope to have her ready for publishing by late February/early March. Here is my offering today.
I've been sharing from Mary - she's been SO much fun to write - but I can't forget Georgiana. I hope to have her ready for publishing by late February/early March. Here is my offering today.
The moment she'd dreaded, yet hoped for, had arrived.
“First, I must tell you I have admired you for a nu...
January 17, 2019
Friday Feature
A small teaser from GEORGIANA
Georgiana smoothed the front of her dress in an attempt to calm her nerves while she waited for her next dance partner to make an appearance. The whole Darcy/Matlock clan attended Lady Dalrymple’s Ball along with what seemed like most of London’s beau monde. If success was rated on how crowded, on how uncomfortably hot, or on how loud a room could become, then Lady Dalrymple would be very pleased indeed.
However, it wasn’t the press of bodies that had nerves stretc...
