3 MUST-MAKE #RESOLUTIONS FOR 2016
Usually, my first post of the month is my newsletter, but this is so important that I wanted everyone to have access to it. New Year’s #resolutions are frequently the baseball bat we use to beat...
View Article#Reviews: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
REVIEWS: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Your opinion counts—especially with Independent Authors AKA #IndieAuthors—those of us who choose to write and to publish our own work. I read every review I receive,...
View Article4 Whys & 4 Hows of #Journaling
Writing is not for the faint of heart. When words are put on paper, or computer screen, we are opening our minds, our emotions, and our souls to the reader. In journaling, the reader is also the...
View ArticleCharacteristics of a Crappy #Romance
I don’t normally use my blog to analyze books; however, there seems to be a run of romances that are determined to portray #women as stupid, weak, contemptible, and willing to accept abuse in the name...
View ArticleBook Report on Books I’ve Read
Death Comes E-Calling by Leslie O’Kane (Cozy Mystery) An e-card designer and mom with two children returns to live in her hometown while her husband works overseas for a year. She receives a mysterious...
View ArticleGifts We Are Given
We all have gifts—talents, skills, even personality traits that we’re born with or have developed; usually both. We can choose to use those gifts strictly for personal gain and comfort or we can use...
View ArticleIt’s Really Up To Each of Us
Like many authors, I tackle everyday issues in my work–everything from dog fighting, hate crimes, serial killers, human trafficking of children to LGBT rights. All of these issues are close to my...
View Article#Halloween Month! A Month of Scary!
#October is #Halloween Month, All-Hallows Month! I will celebrate by making it A Month Of Scary! October 1: I will discuss the meaning of Halloween on my blog and post Chapter 1 of Artemis’ Warriors,...
View ArticleFive #Books That Scare Me!
There are some books much more terrifying than the scariest haunted house or even Stephen King’s imagination. What We Know About Climate Change by Kerry Emanuel...
View ArticleSi?ab: A Tribute to a German Shepherd #Dog
Everything in a writer’s life shapes her writing whether that is joy or sorrow. On Saturday at approximately 9:30 a.m. my beloved German Shepherd, Si?ab Vom Das Massiv, died. My wife and I were with...
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