Because my book, Angel Sister is fresh off the presses and onto bookstore shelves I’ve been doing some book launches, library speeches and internet interviews with bloggers. I’ve got one up right now with Favorite PASTimes, a blog that focuses on historical fiction and the writers behind the stories. They’ve got quite the line up of authors who make regular …
For a writer, when your book is finally out there for the public to read is a time to savor. The reward for all those days sitting in front of the computer trying to force words out of your brain and wondering if the story would ever get told. It’s the bonus for waiting through the year as your book …
When I was a child, I had a great uncle that seemed ancient to me. When we went to visit him he was always sitting in a chair in a room with bookshelves loaded with books and snowglobes. I was amazed by all the books and fascinated by the snowglobes, but of course, not allowed to play with them. Occasionally …
I love birthdays.I didn’t say I liked counting them, but I do like having them. I love helping others celebrate their birthdays. I’m glad that at my little church we sing happy birthday to our members on their special days. And I’m glad I have one child who still lives close by so that I can cook him a birthday …
“History is nothing but a series of stories, whether it be world history or family history.” (Bill Mooney & David Holt in The Storyteller’s Guide) ~~ My book, Angel Sister, is about a family with four sisters – sort of. You’ll have to read the story to find out what I mean. But here are the first four sisters – …
It’s finally here. Angel Sister‘s official release date is Tuesday, February 1. I haven’t been bookstore hopping so don’t know if it’s out there yet, but I’m hoping it is. It’s somewhere because my editor let me know the book has already gone into a second printing. That’s exciting! But I’m already so excited about this book finally being out …
All right, I admit it. This page is from way back when I used to write on the typewriter. Pre-computer days. The dark ages. But I kept this and used to carry it with me when I did school talks to demonstrate to the kids that editing is vital to making your story readable. I never did the cut and …
On my Facebook author’s page last week I mentioned I would be editing my galleys for my next Shaker book this weekend. Someone asked me what exactly that meant. What did I have to do when I edited a book. So I told her I’d post a blog about editing. Of course we all know about editing our work, our …
Do you ever have trouble taking too much out on your plate? You know you’ll never be able to eat it all or you know you shouldn’t eat it all if you ever want to be happy again reading the numbers on your bathroom scales. I don’t have too much trouble with dipping out too much food on my plate …
When I first started writing back in the dark ages – well, maybe not that long ago but well before the electonic age – I typed my first stories on a manual typewriter with carbon copies. I had strong fingers and correcting mistakes on those carbon copies developed my patience or drove me completely bananas. There was no e-mail or …