Fiction 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…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “Which Wolf Wins?”
There once was an old Cherokee who one evening told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The…
Read MoreFiction Friday: The Christmas Wedding Quilt
Welcome to Fiction Friday. Each Friday I post an excerpt from one of my books or those of my friends and colleagues. Today begins the build-up to the publication of The Christmas Wedding Quilt, an anthology by yours truly, Janice Kay Johnson and Sarah Mayberry, for sale on November 1st. Last year when I agreed…
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