Some weeks ago, I attended a mid-week prayer meeting and a lovely woman approached afterward and murmured ‘I’m not sure what this means...

Summer 2022 is almost here, and I didn’t know, back in the quiet, rain-drenched, fall…that a bumpy road was ahead! Thus far, my writing...

As I finish up Book Two in the Olivia Callahan Suspense series, I’m thinking about what a huge effort it is to take a story from idea to...

I just got off the phone with a lovely board member of one of the organizations that wanted an author panel, and they are so looking...

I often add kids into my stories, and I guess it’s because in spite of the fact that mine are all grown now, there are still issues. I...

So, today, the Level Best Authors promotion group I’m a part of had their first joint post on a host blog. The question we all answered...

I’ve read and re-read my journal entries for the year, amazed at the messes, encouraged by the forward motion in spite of. Last year’s...

The phone call from my agent was less a thunderclap and more a gentle spring shower. I’d finished the darn manuscript three years ago,...

Be it an overloaded calendar, an unruly or inappropriate co-worker, a toxic relationship or activity, an adult child or friend that has...

I figured, yeah, I’d be one of about five people there. When I got there at six on the dot, all seats were taken in a room that held...

First, a change in assigned responsibilities on a new contract, and second; a tense conversation with one of the managers. It was a...