What Happened to Thanksgiving?

A week before Halloween I dashed into Walmart for candy. I had to walk through the Christmas candy to get to the tiny section of Halloween candy. Just a few days prior, the entire aisle had been filled with Halloween candy, but now, it was reduced to a few shelves....

Save Your Sanity–Back up Your Files

Photo credit: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1160562Cross-posted at MBT PonderersIn February 2008, during the month of love and romance, my heart was broken. One of the most beloved in my life contracted a terrible virus and died. With tears in my eyes, I said goodbye and...

Building Relationships

Photo credit: iprole/www.sxc.huPiglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh!” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw.”I just wanted to be sure of you.”~ A.A. MilneWhen I was...

Preparing for Nanowrimo

Each November, NaNoWriMo inspires writers to crank out that rough draft in thirty days. Chris Baty, author of No Plot? No Problem!, initiated NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month—back in 1999 with twenty-one members. Today, over 165,000...

The Awareness of His Touch

The title sounds like something I’d write in my heroine’s point of view about her hero. I write Christian romance, so there is appropriate touching that impacts the characters emotionally. Writers are encouraged to  add dimension to their scenes by...