Heroes To Capture Your Heart, a Brand-New Giveaway

 It’s always so nice to have something wonderful to announce. This time it’s a giveaway I’m part of. From now through October 31st–also known as Halloween–enter the giveaway on my Facebook Page.  If that link doesn’t work, and you have a Facebook account, go to my Facebook Page and then click on the Giveaway tab.…

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Editors Make All the Difference

Two recent experiences have made me hyper-aware of the importance of good editors. I’ll confess I have a love-hate relationship with editors scouring my manuscripts looking for mistakes and questioning problems that  are sometimes only in that person’s obsessively compulsive imagination. But wait. You don’t know how this works do you? So here are the steps my…

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Sunday Inspiration: Touched by an angel

Touched by an angel A friend recently asked me if I actually believed there were women like the Goddesses Anonymous in my novels. I promised her that yes, I had seen them myself and believed that women frequently reach out to help each other and do it from love and nothing more. Nothing has affirmed…

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Fiction Friday: The Legend of Sleepy Harlow

While I’m no longer doing Fiction Friday every week, you’ll be glad I came out of Friday hibernation for this one. My buddy Kylie Logan/Casey Daniels has a new book out , The Legend of Sleepy Harlow, just in time for Halloween, and when I read the excerpt in her newsletter I knew I had…

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Who Knew How Rewarding My Giveaway Would Be?

Those of you who subscribe to my mailing list know that I published a newsletter at the end of September with news of a giveaway. Sometime after October 15th two lucky winners will receive signed copies of No River Too Wide along with a lovely beaded bookmarks (okay, these are really bracelets, but who knew?) Winners are randomly selected…

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Sunday Inspiration: I Walk In Beauty

I WALK IN BEAUTY I had a wonderful summer in Chautauqua, New York, but I do love being back in Florida. I love the warm weather and the delicious food and fascinating people and cultural opportunities… but most of all I love the wildlife. Though civilization has diminished much of the wildlife in many places,…

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Sniffing and Hoping: When Life Insists on a Change of Plans

Lofty notions aside, my first week back in Florida hasn’t been everything I hoped for. In addition to getting fabulous ideas from my brainstorming buddies in New York, I also caught a cold. Can we say change of plans? I don’t know what you do when you’re sneezing and coughing, but my deadline’s much too close…

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Sunday Inspiration: Acts of Kindness

ACTS OF KINDNESS You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words? These photos are worth at least a million. When every day we’re flooded with stories of hatred and violence , it’s nice to be reminded that we’re also surrounded by acts of kindness and love. These were put online in…

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How Much is that Doggie in the Window?

It’s that time of year and I’m traveling into sunshine and warmth. I’ve missed the birds that grace the water behind our house and the occasional glimpse of a bald eagle in the sky above us. Next week if all goes well I’ll blog from Florida. In the meantime, peek out your front door. See…

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Sunday Inspiration: “I Can Cope”

“I Can Cope” It happens to all of us from time to time, doesn’t it. We’re sailing along through life in smooth waters, happy, satisfied, our only worry is what to have for dinner… And then out of the blue…DISASTER! Suddenly you’re in a dark hole of sadness, depression, grief, and confusion. And you don’t…

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