Okay, I promise this will be the last diet-related post I make until I hit major milestones of skinniness, when I will crow like a rooster. (A thin rooster.) The worst part about dieting is being hungry. You know what I’ve discovered about myself? I’m not very good at self-deprivation. When I get hungry I want food, and lots of …
Weight Watch 2 – The Diet
I have a confession to make. Just a day after my last blog post where I vowed never to eat carrot cake with cream cheese icing again, I did. It was calling to me. It’s my husband’s fault. He wasn’t here to hold me accountable. I did confess to him the minute he got home, as I’m confessing to you …
Weight Watch
Okay, confession time. In the five years since I left the corporate world to become a full time writer, I’ve undergone some fairly significant changes. Some have been awesome, and some have been awful. Right up at the top of the awful list is the way my closet has gradually filled up with clothes several sizes too small. In other …
Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate
Never Say NeverBy Lisa Wingate Caught in the chaos of evacuating a small coastal town directly in the path of a ferocious hurricane, two women’s lives intersect. Kai Miller, a young woman with a past even stormier than hurricane Glorietta, comes across 70-yr-old Donetta Bradford stranded in a minivan, out of gas and miles from safety. Donetta is accustomed to …
Rooms
Rooms by James L. Rubart Software magnate Micah Taylor receives a mystifying letter from a long-dead uncle he never met, informing him that a house has been built for him on the Oregon coast. Sounds perfect, except the location is one that haunts his past, and Micah has vowed never to go there again. But the house draws him, and …
Starlighter by Bryan Davis
Starlighter By Bryan Davis From the pen of Bryan Davis, bestselling author of the fantasy Dragons in our Midst series, comes a new tale of inspiration, and legends, and best of all, of dragons. Koren is a girl in an unenviable position – she’s a slave to an unusual master, the dragon Arxad. Jason is a young man on an …
Congratulations to Genesis Finalists!
I had the awesome task today of contacting the finalists in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category of the ACFW Genesis Contest. This is my first year as a category coordinator, and I have a new respect for those who have served in this capacity in the past, and for the contest coordinator, Camy Tang. This year there were 486 entries, and in …
A Remedy for Shellfish
When my 3-year-old niece won’t share her toys, my sister reminds her with a playful admonition: “Don’t be a shellfish!” No scolding, just a gentle reminder not to be selfish is all it takes. Selfishness is not limited to 3-year-olds. Sometimes I need a gentle reminder not to be a shellfish too. When I constantly ignore my family’s needs in …
Writing Fiction for Dummies
Writing Fiction for DummiesBy Randy Ingermanson and Peter Economy When this book arrived in my mailbox and I opened it, my husband’s eyes widened a bit. “You have published fourteen novels,” he said. “Haven’t you figured out how to do it yet?” Yes, I like to think so, but I’m a strong believer in continuing education. Nobody knows everything there …
Online Chat with ACFW Book Club
Third Time’s a Charm was the featured book for April on the ACFW Book Club. We had a great discussion! I loved seeing what people liked about Third Time’s a Charm and what they didn’t like, what they thought of the characters, and how Tori’s story touched them. A huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone who participated. To round …