Questionable Topics
Okay, I know what you’re thinking after reading my title today. Emilie’s going to address the touchy and therefore juicy subject of “things writers should never write about.” Well, actually I might, now that I’ve thought of it. Another day, though. Today I’m answering a few questions I pried out of my Facebook buddies. The…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “The danger lies in refusing to face the fear…”
The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you ever were before. If you…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Nine Ladies Dancing
Welcome to Fiction Friday, my chance each week to post an excerpt from one of my books or those of my friends and colleagues. Three weeks ago I introduced The Christmas Wedding Quilt, an anthology with three novellas by Janice Kay Johnson, Sarah Mayberry and me. The Christmas Wedding Quilt will be at your favorite…
Read MoreWho Knows Where the Times Goes
I’m heading south right now, and thought of this song to share while I’m away. Enjoy Judy Collins, and I’ll see you here again on Tuesdays once I get to Florida.
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “Forget Safety”
Daring words, aren’t they, especially on a Sunday morning? But shouldn’t life be daring? Shouldn’t we be less fearful and more courageous? Why not be notorious?
Read MoreFiction Friday: You Better Watch Out
Welcome to Fiction Friday, my opportunity each week to post an excerpt from one of my books or those of my friends and colleagues. Two weeks ago I introduced The Christmas Wedding Quilt, an anthology with three novellas by Janice Kay Johnson, Sarah Mayberry and me. The Christmas Wedding Quilt will be at your favorite bookstore on November 5th or you…
Read MoreCottage Renovations 2013
As we pack to leave our summer place behind, I thought a few last photos of our renovation, which I promised earlier, might be fun. We waited until things were “finished” and, of course, they never are. So this is the “almost finished” version of our house. There are lots of “befores” under the Renovation…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “Sail away from the safe harbor…”
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain Looking back in twenty years will you be disappointed…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Let It Snow
Welcome to Fiction Friday, my chance each week to post an excerpt from one of my books or those of my friends and colleagues. Last week I introduced The Christmas Wedding Quilt, an anthology with three novellas by Janice Kay Johnson, Sarah Mayberry and me. The Christmas Wedding Quilt will be at your favorite bookstore on November 5th…
Read MoreEndings Are Highly Underrated
Today I had the pleasure of finishing the first draft of No River Too Wide, the third book in the Goddesses Anonymous series. Now I have days of editing and revision ahead of me, plus a deadline for turning in the book and heading south for the winter. But the biggest hurdle is behind me. After…
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