This time last year – same drill, different focus
This time last year I had just published Cross My Heart (the 4th in the series), we had only recently brought home and introduced Jozee to the family and we received a good amount of snow. Jozee…
Break out the confetti! Volume 4 in the series is now out!
Yes, I’m excited, if you aren’t able to tell from the title – the 4th book in the Jorja Matthews mystery series, Cross My Heart, is out and available on Amazon. It’s pretty early in the game…
Always a student, in life and in art
Life is full of lessons, along with a number of sides you look forward to or hope to avoid, and topped with promises and regrets. Regardless of the lessons we experience, we will usually learn something from…
Bi-yearly check in…already?
What travels faster than the speed of light? I’m beginning to think just your average year! A bit of an exaggeration, I’ll admit, but still…we’re already moving on into the last six months of the year –…
The Easter Bunny didn’t visit today, but my Muse did.
Today was a special day for many. Easter Sunday is a day for church goers, family gatherings, and fun times for children as they search for colored eggs, whether real or plastic ones filled with treats. A…
February: short-term month, long-term gain
This has been a busy month, and for a short month it’s been stocked full. The day job has been very busy, I’ve stayed on track with writing so that I’ve passed my minimum monthly word count…
What can these things possibly have in common?
Word count, social media, death investigations, series Bible & inbox cleanup…they can’t possibly have anything in common. Absolutely nothing, except for the fact that they have all helped me stay on task for the month of January.…
I have to admit…change is a good thing.
Change – something I’ve always had an aversion to…and never really appreciated. I have my reasons and they are likely all textbook answers, but as the character, Popeye, is famous for saying, “I Yam What I Yam.” There…
NaNoWriMo update – week 3
Are you getting tired of hearing about the month-long writing challenge yet? It will be over soon enough, but thankfully not for another week and a half because there’s still a lot I can get done. I’m…
- characters, feelings and fears, marketing, motivation, social media, writing events, writing process
What’s good about a drought? The growth we see afterwards.
You might not think September is synonymous with drought, or even growth, as the rain has already visited us and the trees outside are losing their leaves as I write this. But when it involves creativity, I…