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“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.” ~Henry Drummond I am blessed by the influence of so many people who have believed in me through the years. My mother, first and foremost, always believed I could do whatever I set out to do. That’s not to say she might not have been a …
I started writing when I was around ten years old. That means I’ve been writing a very long time. Sometimes with success. Sometimes without success – at least in publishing that writing. But the actual writing was always successful because words spilled out on paper. Perhaps not the best words. But words were written. In those childhood days, writing was …
It’s July. That means Small Town Girl is officially released. It’s always a banner day for a writer like me when a new book hits the market. Way back in 1978 when my first book was published in the general market as a mass market paperback, I expected to see it on every stand. I didn’t think about how many …
The unthankful heart …discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds iron, so it will find in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~ Henry Ward Beecher I have so many blessings to count on Thanksgiving Day that it would take me a while if I tried to even …
Have you ever been to a book fair or festival or fest? If so, what did you think was the very best thing about the experience? Was it the books? Oh, we do love our books and that’s what is hardest for me at book festivals. I want to buy sackfuls of books when actually I already have sackfuls of books in …
I love book fairs and festivals. They have two of my favorite things in life – people and books. Well, maybe I shouldn’t say people are things, but you get the idea. Book fairs are places where most everybody who is in the place has a love for books. That’s why they are there – unless, of course, they were …
~~Here I am with my table sharers at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest, Jan Watson (Sweetwater Run) and Virginia Smith (Third Time’s Charm). I’m in the middle with Jan on the left and Ginny on the right. See us smile. That’s what you do when you go to a Book Festival. You smile and smile and smile some more. Mostly …
It was warm and sunny in South Carolina Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And then we came home to Kentucky and found winter taking up residence here. It is chilly outside. I had to fill up the car with gas a while ago and all of us at the gas tanks were complaining about the chill. Not the prices. Wow! It …
Well, it’s Monday again. Time to post some of my journal thoughts. Because I’ve been thinking about how I need to learn more about publicity and how to connect with readers, I’ll start out today with this little poem I came across in a quote book a few months back. It’s an old one by Sir William S. Gilbert. If …