Sunday Inspiration: Back to School
Are your children heading back to school? As children head back to school I want to share an amazing blog about teachers, schools, and kids. Glennon Doyle Melton is an exceptional blogger who goes right to the heart, and her words here are no exception. She reminds us that our kids go back to school…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Horror Stories from the Book Tour Life
Welcome to Fiction Friday. I’m in my last week of programming at Chautauqua Institution and scurrying around to do everything and see everyone before the season ends and we all begin to pack. I’m also making headway on the new book in progress and believe I’ll strike while the iron is hot. Instead of my usual interviews and…
Read MoreSummer Quilts and Lessons Learned
Part of the joy of spending summers in Chautauqua, New York, is listening to lectures. So many lectures! This week we’re exploring health care. Today, for instance, I learned about new research into mental illness, a particular interest after spending time working with patients in a mental health center years ago. This afternoon I’ll attend…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Ripple Effect Images
One small change can have an enormous impact. Just ask the photographers behind Ripple Effect Images. Last week I heard an amazing lecture here at Chautauqua by Annie Griffiths, a National Geographic photographer and the founder of Ripple Effect Images, an organization that reaches out to impoverished girls and women around the world. Her incredible photographs were…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Book Websites You Have to Love
Welcome to Fiction Friday. I started Fiction Friday so I would have the opportunity to excerpt my books and those of some of my friends and colleagues. But I’m between books to share with you today, so instead I thought I would share some of my favorite websites about books. Of course it makes sense…
Read MoreBook Signing Fun at the Local Barber Shop.
So, as I’m leaving the grounds of our summer place, after I’ve already flashed my gate pass and been waved out, I remember: “You idiot, you don’t have your camera!” Of course I didn’t have my camera. As usual I had waited until the last minute to get ready for the six o’clock book signing in…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The Singing Doctor
Isn’t it wonderful to run across a physician who, in spite of long hours and stressful conditions, really cares about his patients. This doctor cares so much that he sings to the babies he delivers. Check out this inspirational man… Post by WGXA.tv.
Read MoreFiction Friday: Death By Devil’s Breath
Welcome to author Casey Daniels a.k.a. Kylie Logan. Since one of my good friends and brainstorming partners Casey Daniels/Kylie Logan’s been here in the past showcasing some of her novels, I thought I might interview her a bit today so you can find out more about the different series she has written and the sleuths who…
Read MoreAnd the New Title is. . .
Due to company and a husband who’s needed lots of TLC while he recovers from doing something insidious to his back, my Tuesday blog will be short and sweet this week. I finally have a title! The fourth book in the Goddesses Anonymous series is. . . The Color of Light. And just in case…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Mother & Son Courage
What an incredibly inspiring story this is. Linda and Timmy Bannon are mother and son who suffer from the same genetic abnormality that has left both of them with no arms. But they’ve learned how to live with their deformity with acceptance and even joy. Witnessing their resilience certainly makes it more difficult for me…
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