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NaNoWriMo…Excerpt #1 7 Nov 2012 | 05:52 am
Editor’s note: National Novel Writing Month is underway, and I’m plugging along. I thought I would post the first 500 or so words of my soon-to-be titled work. Let me know what you think! In the count...
NaNoWriMo is Here…Am I Ready? 27 Oct 2012 | 04:50 am
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, begins Nov. 1, and I’ve decided to put pen to paper…or fingertips to keyboard…and join the fun! Each year, NaNoWriMo encourages budding authors to complete ...
That Kind of Day 16 Oct 2012 | 05:30 am
It was that kind of day. The kind of day that’s so bad, you just want to go home and start over. It began with the crash of an unexpected thunderstorm that rattled my bedroom windows, startled my pup ...
Lost Soul 3 Oct 2012 | 06:15 am
Halloween was always one of my favorite times of the year. We decorated our home with creepy little things that went go bump in the night hoping to add to the air of mystery already brewing through t...
A Writer’s Revenge 22 Sep 2012 | 10:39 pm
I’m a writer. It’s not just what I do; it’s who I am. The day I sold my first short story, “Pineapples in Paradise,” I thought I’d hit the jackpot and fame and fortune would soon be nipping at my … Co...
The Circus 19 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
It was on a bright, starry night that the traveling circus rolled into town. We hadn’t seen my husband’s brother Paul and his family since we married a year ago. The last thing my husband Matt said wh...
Green Beans…and a Fork 14 Sep 2012 | 04:01 pm
There I was. Standing behind the same oak podium in the same room looking out over the same faces of those who were there just a few years before. I don’t think much had changed…except maybe me. I pra...
The Fishin’ Hole 12 Sep 2012 | 10:02 pm
A hot summer day in the South was the perfect time to grab a fishing pole and drown some worms under the old pecan tree by the stream. Time was, long ago, when the stream had more whitecapping over r...
Broken Promise 9 Sep 2012 | 06:58 am
Only two weeks into the New Year, and Tim had already broken his first resolution. Do. Not. Kill. It was not just a resolution, but also a promise that he had made to himself for the New Year. It ha...
The Cell Phone 5 Sep 2012 | 06:15 pm
Saturday. Chore day. And, I was really looking forward to stretching out this weekend on my new custom-designed couch that was delivered a few days ago, watch pay-per-view movies, and eat popcorn unti...
