I’ve been more focused on my flowers and my tomato plants this summer than my writing. It’s not lollygagging, though. I do a lot of writing in my head and planning while I’m watering and pulling weeds. Yesterday, I was standing idly by my garden boxes, watering the tomatoes, when a new visitor showed up …Read More
The Spoilt Quilt
Here’s the cover for the Five Star anthology, The Spoilt Quilt and Other Frontier Stories: Pioneering Women of the West, that includes my short story called “Good Work for a Girl.” Sandra Dallas is the author of the title short story. She is one of my favorite Colorado authors and has written highly acclaimed …Read More
Equine Therapy in Fiction and For Real … by Jodi Burnett
The Power of Horses in Therapy Hi, I’m Jodi Burnett. My new romantic-suspense novel, Run For The Hills, was released March 4th, 2019. Joscelyn Turner, the main female character, is a social worker who works with at-risk kids in the foster-care system using equine assisted therapy. I’ve read many stories and seen lots of movies …Read More
A Bomb Cyclone This Week, Spring Flowers Next Week
To tell the truth, I already had spring flowers before the bomb cyclone winds and snow arrived in Colorado this week. And in spite of the blizzard conditions yesterday, my purple crocuses popped right back up through the snow today. I do love Colorado weather (especially when I can stay inside with a cup of …Read More
Where There’s A Will, There’s Bound To Be A Way
My WordPress Confusion And sure enough, after I did a little more homework, I found I could recall, install, and activate the classic editor screen for creating new blog posts…and use it until at least 2021. What a relief! I’m super busy right now and just don’t have the time to learn another blog writing …Read More
When You Don’t Use an Idea Fast Enough, Does It Really Move on to Someone Else?
Ideas Won’t Hang Around Forever? In 2015, Elizabeth Gilbert’s still best-selling book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, was published. I read it then, and I’m getting ready to read it again this winter. The book gave me a lot to think about, but there’s one point Gilbert made that has come to pass in …Read More
Two are Better Than One; Tips for a Successful Co-Author Partnership … by Kerrie Flanagan
When you meet the one, it all falls into place. You no longer have to carry the burden alone. The workload is shared, you encourage each other through the tough times and celebrate successes together. With the right partner, co-authoring can be an incredible experience that fuses the synergy and talents of two writers into …Read More
Exiting the Doldrums
No, I haven’t been to the Equator I’ve been lost in those other doldrums–the kind characterized by inactivity and slothfulness. I don’t feel depressed, just plain old-fashioned lazy. I’ve read a lot of books though. And I have applied my critique group’s suggestions to my work-in-process. But have I finished the big revision yet? Nope. …Read More
Interview and Book Excerpt at the Colorado Sun
Colorado Humanities has teamed with the Colorado Sun to spotlight this year’s Colorado Book Awards winners and finalists in the digital paper’s weekend SunLit feature. This weekend was my turn. The excerpt I selected from Wishing Caswell Dead is the chapter where Jo Mae Proud is introduced. There’s also an interview where I responded to …Read More
What do I do when I’m not writing? … by Karen C. Whalen
There are periods of time when I don’t write, when I’m in between projects and just need to let my words simmer for a while. When I’m not writing, I’m reading books about the craft, or I’m reading other writers’ works for sheer pleasure, or I’m marketing, which means I’m scheduling book events and blogging. …Read More
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