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Writing Prompt Wednesday #67

This week’s writing prompt is a quote. Do you like to share a cup of tea and share great thoughts? I do! I love drinking hot tea this time of year and like several varieties and flavors. One of my favorite ones is acia with its fruity flavor. (I’m enjoying a cup now!) I have […]

A Writer’s Confession

I have been a writer for many years, have attended several writing conferences and have read and/or reviewed dozens of books on writing. There are many rules and suggestions for the writing life, like show, don’t tell; limit purple prose; write snappy dialogue, avoid adverbs, no head hopping (point of view changes without clues). Then […]

Anyone Going to the Tucson Festival of Books?

Hi, I’m looking forward to being at the Tucson Festival of Books (TFoB) in a few weeks. I’ll be in the author pavilion on Sunday, March 12, from 2:30-4:30, signing copies of Cookie Encounter. TFoB is the third largest book festival in the country, with over 100,000 attendees (I had no idea until earlier this […]

Writing Prompt Wednesday #66

For this week’s prompt, I wanted to share how my kids play library/librarian. It was fun watching my younger two kids play library a few weeks ago, although they made a huge mess. They got out almost all their kid books, put them in stacks on the piano bench, the floor and a shelf unit […]

Writing Prompt Wednesday #65

Hello there, Did you miss my writing prompt last week? I didn’t get one out as I have been sick lately with some sort of crud and then strep, but am all better now. I am on to bigger and definitely better things! Since this is Romance Week I thought for this week’s prompt, I […]

Writing Prompt Wednesday #64

Hello there, This week’s writing prompt is on a quote. A couple weeks ago when we were on our train trip to Kansas City, we visited the presidential home and museum of former President Harry Truman. On one of his walls, was this quote: I liked it immediately when I read it on a wall […]

January 2017 Reading Wrap Up

Hello there, Today I will share with you all the books I’ve read this month so far. With our remainder of our Christmas break, our train trip to Kansas City last week and my cold this week, I’ve managed to read quite a few books already.   I read two nonfiction titles, In Good Company […]

Writing Prompt Wednesday #63

Hello Friends, I’ve been dealing with an awful sore throat this week and headaches so don’t have a prompt for this week. I must have picked up a bug last week when we took the train to KC. Hopefully I’ll be back on track next week

Favorite Reads of 2016: Part 2

Good morning, Today I’m finishing my favorite reads from 2016 with the second half of the year. If you missed the post on my favorite books from the first half of the year, you can read them here. July In July I read six books, five fiction and one non. My favorite from this month […]

Writing Prompt Wednesday #62

This week’s writing prompt is a sentence: Alison hated eating leftovers; she hated cooking them even more. Since Alison hated leftovers, but hated throwing them out even worse than cooking them, she pretended she was on a cooking show and gave herself thirty minutes to transform their Thanksgiving leftovers into something even her kids would […]