Recently I have been getting out more to talk about my books, and I have had a wonderful time! I cannot wait to do it more often. Many people are quick to dismiss romance but willing to listen politely as I describe my stories. It is so rewarding to watch their expressions change as they…
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This has been one of my favorite poems for many, many years. Even at the time I read it, way back in high school, I was overwhelmed with all of the things I was trying to fit into my life. How I wish I could tell that Beth not to worry. There were far more…
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Remember my post about where ideas come from? Well, I just got another one. You never know when you’re going to run into it like a crash-dummy into a wall. My friend, Cathy, sends me lots of cute, interesting things that she finds in the wee, sleepless hours of the night. This one was waiting…
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I finally saw Disney’s Christopher Robin, and it did exactly what I hoped it would do. It did not bog me down in “but’s” or “on-the-other-hand’s.” Adults get too wrapped up in the importance of their work and forget what they are actually supposed to be working for: the means to make the rest of…
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“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” This is a no-brainer, right? Almost everyone I know listens to music to relax, but what is interesting is the different composition of each person’s playlist. I was talking with my older son’s fiancée yesterday about her affection for…
This is Pop. I have written about him before, but at that time he was a thousand miles away living with my son, Kevin and his fiancée, Preetha. Now he lives with us, and, oh my, how things have changed! We are thrilled to have them all with us. Having Kevin home is a gift…
I am often asked where I get the ideas for my stories. The answer is “Anywhere.” I don’t just sit on the sofa and wait for inspiration to strike, however; I look for it wherever I go during the day, or in my environment when I am home. Things hit me at the craziest times.…
I committed to a writing career on my 40th birthday–May 27, 1999. I figured that, given the average lifespan of 80 or so years, I was about halfway done with my life, and if I was going to be a professional writer I had better be about it. Do the math. That was 19 years…
When I was much younger, my family would come to Marietta from Tennessee to see my dad’s sister and her eight children. It was such a great time for me. I loved their big family, and the craziness that was always going on. One of my cousins, who was three years older and whom I…
Of course, Winnie the Pooh never went anywhere. He was always with me; I just forgot. Have you read the Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff? I do not claim to be a Taoist or any sort of authority on Taoism, but I find a lot in this little book that gives me pause and…
The point of NaNoWriMo is that you sit down and write without any editing for an entire month in order to generate 50,000 words. For my genre, contemporary romance (sub genre sweet romance–everybody keeps their clothes on), this is almost an entire book. I use this method a lot when I am writing just to…
When people tell me they love math and science but hate writing, I always tell them how mathematical writing is. It never fails to get me a puzzled stare, but once I explain it they see it is clear as day. After all, I’m not a genius, I just spend a lot of time thinking…
