While recently attending the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, I sat in on a workshop that gave out this information. I felt that it was valuable enough to pass along. 1) Nothing happens in the opening pages. No one will keep reading about a bunch of characters that are going nowhere, or pages […]
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I recently took a trip with my daughters and my best friend to a resort in the Texas Hill Country. That was us at the airport, all excited and looking forward to some relaxing girl time! But, what I was not prepared for was to be totally cut off from the outside world. NO cell
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This is such great content, I have to share! Nonnie Jules shared it on her blog and I found it to be a great insight! Hope you do as well.
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On a day when I needed to be uplifted, I see this beautifully inspiring blog from Dawn Howard. This line especially touched me, “If they stop loving you, love harder…” Wow!
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I live in an apartment complex that sits in the heart of the DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) metroplex. It is one of the largest metroplexes in the state and possibly even the United States. So, in the midst of all of that, this guy decides to land on my balcony this morning around 7 am. It’s
I am often asked the question, “When did you first start writing?” To the best of my memory, I was around eight when I wrote my first string of words that made sense. I had an alcoholic uncle whom I adored. He lived with us off and on throughout my growing up years and occasionally
We all have issues within the makeup of our families that don’t always play out the way we’d like. This seems especially true with adult children and spouses. But, in the story I’m writing, my character, at the age of twenty-six, discovers the man who raised him and whom he believed to be his father,
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Back in another lifetime, I was a songwriter. It was a time I treasure with all my heart, along with the recordings that we managed to preserve our music with. We had an outdoor spa building behind our house. One night I was in the hot tub by myself and
