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    Feelings of Summer

    It’s Summertime! Let me just stop and say Whoo Hoo! 🌞 I’m so ready, are you? Summer inspires me, I feel the most “me” in the summer. Maybe it’s all the extra sunlight, or the warmth, or just great childhood memories of being home playing outside with my sister, having popsicles and swimming till we…

  • Welcome to May

    Who’s excited to see the sunshine? Me! It has finally been warm enough to not need to run the heater in the mornings here. And may need to switch to the AC by the end of the week. So, how about a quick May update? 🪻 The Mark of the Artist now in paperback! Business…

  • Paperback!

    Guess what I got in the mail? The Mark of the Artist is now available in paperback! 📖🎉 This is unbelievably exciting for me, to hold my own book in my hands! ☺️ Don’t get me wrong, I’m so proud to have published this book last year in digital format. But there is something about…

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    Portal Fantasy

    As I’ve delved deeper into the world of authorship, I’ve become acquainted with so many sub-genres for books. Before this, I had only thought about the biggies. Sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, horror, literary, romance, non-fiction, and children’s literature. Maybe some historical fiction. Basically, those big signs you see above the rows at Barnes & Noble. Side…

  • Wandering and a Plot

    Who here always listens to their GPS? Does what it tells you every time? Not me! My DH and I like to keep that turned off as much as possible, using the good ‘ol hippocampus to figure out where we’re going. Probably since we spent our 20’s doing that out of pure necessity. And teaching…

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    Sidetracked: Let’s Catch Up!

    Happy March! Man, that got here fast. It occurred to me that I’d forgotten to post in February when I was prepping for a March sale of my book: The Mark of the Artist will be on sale for .99 March 7-10, as part of the Spring Spectacular by Indie Visible Events! So how about…