Yep – gave a test today. I have a love-hate relationship with test day. I love not having to teach I hate having to grade the assignments and tests. But I did leave school both exhausted [5yo up half the night last night] and done. Day 12: 1263 Total: 22831 Read more
I don’t know how I missed Firefly the first time around [or second or third or 15th]. But yesterday was the 10th anniversary Firefly marathon with the movie Serenity playing on another channel and then a reunion special. There were something like 13 or 14 eps plus the movie and Read more
So yesterday I wrote a grand total of 29 words. I was hoping for a huge day but it’s not gonna happen. Instead, I ended up sleeping in a bit, having child related drama that comes from a rainy day cooped up inside without enough sleep. And working on First Read more
Yesterday was so-so for writing. I’m not sure what my actual “before bed” total was, but my official My Book Therapy WriMo count was 1687 for 20332. But my manuscript is at 21011 so… Uh… math… right. Think that’s 2366 for yesterday… Today is a big fat goose egg. Had Read more
So… birthday was nice. A pretty normal Thursday. Tonight, one kiddo was at a slumber party. Another at my sister’s house overnight. And my in-laws took the other two for a couple hours so we could go out. We hit Steak-n-Shake [where I thought of you, Margie!]. Tomorrow night we Read more
Kate Donovan is burned out on work, worn down by her dating relationships, and in need of an adventure. When Kate’s grandmother asks Kate to accompany her to Redbud, Pennsylvania, to restore the grand old house she grew up in, Kate jumps at the chance. Yet, she discovers a different kind Read more
Er. Well, it’s my birthday. And my BFF’s birthday. That’s how we became BFFs almost… 30 [eep!] years ago. Or maybe not almost 30. Maybe it’s 23… Regardless, a long time. Plus that means you get free dinner at Lambert’s. Or you used to. Now they give you 9.99 off Read more
Shiloh Jacobs is planning her wedding without family, without money, and without a clue—and trying to make a go of small-town Southern life. Until she stumbles on an unsolved case about a missing woman that makes her run in the opposite direction—right into the would-be killer’s web of plans. In Read more
So I have a character who is near and dear to my hero and heroine. And I’m having bad stuff happen to her – so they can deal with some of it together. And I decided her appendix needed to burst. So I emailed my friend Becki. Because her son’s Read more
The winner of the September New Releases Clash is… The Road To Mercy by Kathy Harris Congratulations, Kathy!! And thank you to all our participating authors: Catherine West, author of Hidden in the Heart Donn Taylor, author of Deadly Additive Jennifer A. Davids, author of Restored Heart Stephanie Grace Whitson, Read more