Good Sunday morning to y’all! How’s that for an Ozarkian hello? 😉 So yesterday I was emailing with a dear writer friend – Mellie Dickerson. Apparently, I’m the only one who calls her Mellie. I could have sworn I read people calling her that, but I guess not ;). She Read more
Lauren Tarshis has been so incredibly gracious with Maggie and Jadyn [Maggie’s BFF]! She agreed to let them send her ten questions, she answered them with wonderful answers and sent them back. And she had lovely things to say about them! She has been wonderful to work with. Her latest Read more
Whew. So it’s been a while and I’ve got some updating to do… But first… Aren’t they sweet? She realized about 2 seconds earlier that I was going to take the picture :D. See the smirk? Maggie’s BFF came over and we took some pictures for tomorrow’s Pentalk blog. Maggie Read more
by Delia Latham Christine and Pamela! A huge welcome to blogger and author Christine Lindsay! Christine is another extraordinary member of the COTT Blog Alliance. On Wednesdays she posts the COTT weekly article, and on Fridays she posts either an editorial/devotional or a review on a book. What’s her blog Read more
Er, yeah. So I missed posting on Day 24. Thanksgiving was good. Do hope to get the other half of the Thanksgiving list up this weekend :). Today, I went to Panera. The 10yo went with me and wrote about 1300 words today. In about 3 hours. By then I Read more
I meant to post last night but cleaning took way longer than expected [doesn’t it always? especially since, with my back, I can only work so long and do so much before I have to break] and while I did get a bit over 650 words in, it wasn’t near Read more
Yay! I’m off for a week! I do have about 20 minutes worth of school work to do between now and next Tuesday, but otherwise I’m home with family, friends and fictional characters. Thanks to the brainstorming with Joanna last night [and a bit more tonight], I made some real Read more
Guest post by Delia Latham The Amish are known for their quiet, unassuming manner. Their love of all things peaceful…and shunning of competitive pastimes. Well. I’m afraid that all flew out the window in the COTT Clash featuring Amish fiction. It was a fight to the finish…. a nose-to-nose race…a Read more
Not much writing today but have been brainstorming with friend Joanna Davidson. She’s helping me get back on track with the rom com part of romantic dramedy. The drama part I was already having success with ;). So about 183 words [for 25193 total] but feeling much, much better about Read more
Barely, but I did pass it!!!! I am feeling a bit discouraged though I think it’s normal for both me and many writers at this point. I’m looking at my plot and thinking “How, on God’s green earth, am I going to get another 50 THOUSAND words out of this Read more