Category Archives: Life

Guest: Author Sandy James

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

Today I’d like to welcome author Sandy James, with whom I have become Facebook Friends through mutual friends. Glad to finally have you here, Sandy! Thanks so much for having me!! Sandy is a prolific, award-winning writer of romances. She … Continue reading →

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Buy the Way…

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

Once again, my Free Week has been anything but ‘free’. The laundry was just getting caught up from awaiting the new washer, when the cold-water spigot for it decided to leak. So backed-up it got again while we waited for … Continue reading →

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Guest:Diane Davis, Narrator, Actress

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

As an interview this week, I thought I’d bring in an old friend who is involved in a different facet of book publishing: the audio book. I gave away a copy of one of the cookbooks she narrated here on … Continue reading →

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Sense and Sensibility, Kind Of

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

This week we are asked: Have you ever observed a gathering of family or friends and thought that an incident there would make a good scene in a book? Oh, yes! Many things in my life make good topics for … Continue reading →

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Repeating Stories, Not in the Outhouse

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

Free Week and I want to talk about a few choice phrases. I used the term “telling tales out of school” a week or so ago. It popped right out; I had not said the phrase or heard it in … Continue reading →

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Guest:Author Collette Cameron

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

I am very pleased to have Collette Cameron join us today. Collette and I have many mutual Facebook Friends. Since we seem to post more than many, we see quite a bit of each other. I am treated to pictures … Continue reading →

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First Publications, Looking Forward

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

Our very first publications and/or bylines, how did they feel? With the first ones in school, I felt embarrassed. I had very little self-esteem and I had critical people around me, so I never felt anything was good enough when … Continue reading →

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