I love Disney’s Moana. It gives me so much pleasure that I often turn it on while I am in the kitchen or working in the house. The animation is nothing short of awesome, the music is amazing, Moana is an outstanding hero, and Dwayne Johnson as Maui is absolutely showstopping. If you haven’t seen…
I come from a long line of grudge-holders. With a few remarkable exceptions, my family members have turned blaming others for their unhappiness into a fine art. Which is why something I heard today in the movie “The Light Between Oceans” means more to me than merely another line in another movie. Rachel Weisz’s character…
My goodness, I am redundant. I can see that every Christmas I make posts with the same theme, using the same references. Too bad. I am passionate about the topic, the stories, and Christmas, and that is all I have to say about that. All right boys and girls, are we too long away…
Ok, so not the entire decade, but since its premier in August, 2014, Outlander has been my escape of choice. The books, the characters, the actors, the production–there is plenty there to obsess about. As I have eagerly scanned the internet daily for sneak peeks at the upcoming reunion episode, I came across this picture…
This weekend, the first weekend in every October, is the Georgia Romance Writers annual conference, Moonlight and Magnolias. What a wonderful way to recharge those “writing batteries!” I bet if any one of you were there, you would want to run home ASAP and begin your own story, whether it is a romance or not.…
So here’s the thought process: A friend recommended I change the name “Maisie” of Maisie’s List to something a little easier on the ear. Viewing a list of popular names around 1980, when the character was born, I came across “Christy.” I have a friend named Christy whom I love a lot, and who serves…
I always worry that my novels are too short. Soul Lost is my longest at 81,000 words, but Megan is much shorter, only 47,000. A book that has not yet seen the light of day, The People of the Green Hills, is more epic in my mind, but on paper it is only 67,000 words.…
