And In Conclusion: Finishing a Novel
I’m writing the final pages of No River Too Wide. If my outline is correct (and it often isn’t at this stage) I have a dozen or so scenes to work into this final portion of the book to tie up my multiple plot lines. Multiple-Plot-Lines-R-Us, I’m afraid. Always and forever, amen. In a conversation…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “It’s by living that you live more”
Maybe you think you’ll be entitled to more happiness later by forgoing all of it now, but it doesn’t work that way. Happiness takes as much practice as unhappiness does. It’s by living that you live more. By waiting you wait more. Every waiting day makes your life a little less. Every lonely day makes…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Everybody Loves Murder con Chili
Welcome to Fiction Friday. Each Friday I post an excerpt from one of my books or those of my friends and colleagues. This is a fun way to share what we’re doing. Today’s excerpt is from Chili Con Carnage (all jalapeño is about to break loose) by my good friend and brainstorming partner Kylie Logan. Chili Con…
Read MoreWhy I Love Quilt Shows
In a dead heat to finish No River Too Wide, and instead of blogging I thought I would share photos of Quilting Around Chautauqua this past weekend. I signed books at the Millcreek Sewing and Fabric booth both days. When I wasn’t signing and talking to my fabulous readers, I had a chance to see a…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “Spread love everywhere you go…”
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. These words by Mother Teresa mean a…
Read MoreFiction Friday: A Sneak Peek at No River Too Wide
Welcome to Fiction Friday, your opportunity to read along with me and with my friends. Last week’s Fiction Friday was a quiz and a giveaway, and I’m happy to say that within minutes of posting the blog, Kay Myhrman-Toso submitted the correct answer. The books were: A Truth for a Truth from my Ministry is…
Read MoreTales of the Pacific and A New Online Magazine
Click to view Tales of the Pacific by Emilie Richards on GLOSSI.COM I’ll confess that the internet is a guilty pleasure. And the new tools that come with it? I love them, too. Let me introduce you to the newest toy in my digital toybox, a little something called Glossi. Can you guess what the…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “Our lives are linked together…”
Humanity is like an enormous spider web, so that if you touch it anywhere, you set the whole thing trembling… As we move around this world and as we act with kindness, perhaps, or with indifference, or with hostility, toward the people we meet, we too are setting the great spider web a-tremble. The life…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Name That Book
Welcome to Fiction Friday, your opportunity to watch my mind leapfrog about. Each Friday here is a bit different, just to keep the boredom factor at a minimum. Sometimes you’ll read an excerpt from one of my novels, sometimes a friend or colleague’s. Eventuallythere may be some original offerings. I want to make this fun…
Read MoreWhat Do Decorating a House and Writing a Book Have in Common?
I’m going to make a confession. I’m addicted to decorating and renovation blogs. My favorite three letters are DYI. Do I have time for DYI? Of course not. Proof: I am still hand quilting the first quilt top I ever made back in, oh, 1990, give or take a year. Were I to try my hand…
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