Nancy Sweetland - Guest Author

Okay, so I'm on vacation. Nancy Sweetland sent me her material and then wrote back to say she had forgotten to send the answers to the questions--all in plenty of time. When I finally got around to posting the material, I realized she had skipped the "five word" questions about who she is and what her writing is, but she had included an interesting  blog on Writing Contests. Since the time was late, and that fault is mine, without further ado, I'm giving you both her answers and her thou...