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One of the fun things about having a new book about to release is sharing a few graphics of quotes from the book. Since you know I write inspirational fiction, you might be surprised that one of my characters in this story is a riverboat gambler and that, as Lisbeth says, he’s the answer to prayers. Kelly turns out to …
But then acting is all about faking. We’re all very good at faking things that we have no competence with. ~John Cleese In my books, I love it when unique secondary characters come on stage. In my book, In the Shadow of the River, I had fun getting to know some of those people. One was the grandfather of my main …
“The greatest challenges humans face throughout their lives are two: 1- the challenge of where to start 2- the challenge of when to stop.” –Sameh Elsayed This quote caught my eye when I was looking at ways to celebrate finding those two all important words THE END, because while it may be talking about things we do in life, it …
I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend. ~Kathryn Hahn Did you like to play pretend when you were a kid? Maybe you still do sometimes, especially if your are a grandparent with the grandkids visiting. So maybe you can pretend Thursday is Wednesday. This deadline approaching for me to be finished with …
Here it is late Sunday night and I just realized I usually post something on Sunday nights. It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m writing and writing some more as I try to keep words spilling across my computer monitor and get my new story out of my head. It can get pretty crazy when I have a writing deadline …
It’s been fun posting romantic scenes from some of my already published books. So, I hope you’ll bear with me for one more scene that doesn’t have any romance at all, but does introduce you to some of my characters in my upcoming May release, In the Shadow of the River. The story starts when Jacci is five years …
Time is what we want most but what we use worst. ~William Penn I’ve begun my next book. My deadline isn’t for several months, but a book has a lot of words and many scenes. So it is enough of a looming date, that I’m pushing myself into the ‘make my fingers touch the keyboard and crank out words and …
A first line of a story is the baited hook an author hopes will catch a reader’s interest so they will want to read the second line and on and on until the last line on the last page. Some readers will check out that first line before they decide if the book is one they want to read. I’ve …
Seeing the artwork for the cover of a new book is always a highlight. I’ve already shared this new cover for In the Shadow of the River in my newsletter. I’ve shared it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. So if you are on my email list or see me out there on some social media sites, you’ve probably already seen …