For years now members of my family have been telling me that I am a great deal like my paternal grandmother. I knew there were similarities, but the real connection didn’t hit me until this morning, when I came in from working in the garden and had a biscuit for breakfast. Let me explain. My …
More and more authors are turning to Internet marketing for their books. They are doing virtual book tours, blogs, maintaining Web sites, and whatever else they can do to increase visibility on the Web. This is all well and good, but according to Don McCauley at Free Publicity Group, many authors miss a major component …
The last of my company left today, so now I have no more excuses for not working. Darn. I sure was enjoying myself. I guess that is one reason that I like having my birthday on the Fourth of July. I was playing the “It’s my birthday” card all weekend until one of our sons …
Today the United States is celebrating a birthday, and so am I. The country is 233 years old, but I won’t tell you my age. For many years I thought all the parades and fireworks were in my honor, and it was quite a let down when I found out they weren’t. To read all …
Some of the readers here who have been following my excerpts from my newest book, expressed a desire to know more about our vacation, so here is the next segment of the chapter: ROAD TRIP – Or Are We There Yet, Papa Smurf…. To read the first part of this chapter, click HERE By the …
I received the I Never Tell A Lie meme from Helen Ginger at her Straight From Hel blog. Here are the rules: Sometimes you can learn more about a person by what they don’t tell you. Sometimes you can learn a lot from the things they just make up. If you are tagged with this …
As I have been doing this blog tour, I have been amazed by the questions other writers ask me. One question I get a lot is, “Do you really think critique groups help?” Yes. Okay, that should be the end of the questions, don’t you think? But it seems that many writers have had bad …
This coming Monday, June 29th, Christine Duncan will be my guest and will share her thoughts about critique groups. Please try to stop by in your busy day to see what she has to say. Christine is an Arvada Colorado mystery writer. She got her start in writing for the Christian market, writing for Sunday …
ROAD TRIPOr, Are we There Yet, Papa Smurf My husband’s idea of a vacation is two weeks of puttering around the house and watching what day-time television he can stand. My idea of a vacation, however, is to go somewhere, preferably to Michigan, with stops along the way in Kentucky and West Virginia to see …
This past Saturday I attended the Northeast Texas Music Festival in Winnsboro. There were a number of great performers starting just after noon and running until late that night. It made for a long, hot day, but it sure was worth it. I was given a press pass, which is always nice, so I got …
