Probably, Not Prolly!
Do you cringe when someone scratches her fingernails down a blackboard or clicks her teeth against a metal utensil?…
January 18, 2019Do you cringe when someone scratches her fingernails down a blackboard or clicks her teeth against a metal utensil?…
January 18, 2019Have you ever thrown your hands up in defeat after reading your manuscript and groaned, “Someone Call 911!?” Maybe…
January 11, 2019“What do you write?” Sit down with a group at a writers conference or anywhere else writers gather, and…
November 6, 2018I was recently polishing my latest manuscript. One of the subplots involves a grant payout with large sums of…
October 18, 2018Writers Chat, hosted by Jean Wise, Johnnie Alexander, and Bethany Jett, is the show where we talk about all…
October 15, 2018I enjoy digging into the past, following bunny trails of history, and learning about cultures long interred and nearly…
September 20, 2018Last year, we explored seven of the eight parts of speech. Then I took a break to address compound…
September 18, 2018Almost three years ago, I wrote a post about using apostrophes. If you want to read it, go here. The…
August 18, 2018This post includes the remainder of compound words from U through Z. The list is intended to help during…
June 18, 2018If you’ve been writing and working towards getting published, even more so, if you are writing because you know…
June 14, 2018I love cats, coffee, chocolate, and long walks on the beach, especially if the beach has sea glass. My…
May 25, 2018Ever feel uninspired? I do. Frequently. Especially if I have a headache. Or didn’t sleep well. Or have the…
April 11, 2018The desire to write has burned in me ever since I was in middle school. I grew up in…
March 29, 2018A friend of mine edited my latest manuscript for me. She mentioned that I have a tendency toward not…
March 23, 2018Welcome Lauren, can you share a little about your recent book – The Hideaway is the story of…
March 2, 2018A recent string of truck commercials makes me chuckle every time. They claim the participants are not actors but…
February 11, 2018It’s a new year. For some writers it is an opportunity to pick up a previous work that had…
January 9, 2018Why was my proposal rejected? As a submissions reader, I now understand why my past book proposal was not…
January 6, 2018Dad was the creative genius in our family. His fingers drew cartoons on paper napkins and released lullabies from…
December 25, 2017Life brings each of us strange personal experiences. This spring I traveled to visit my mother in Kentucky. When…
December 13, 2017Overwhelmed. Exhausted. Enlightened. I struggled to stay awake on the drive home from the Ohio Christian Writers Conference, my…
November 16, 2017I heard my seven-year-old grandson moaning on the mat below the climbing peg-board. I went to see if he…
November 8, 2017I love Oreos. Milk’s favorite cookies are great on their own, but they’re over the top when combined with…
November 2, 2017I started working as a professional writer when I was seventeen. So completely captured by the craft, I made the…
October 22, 2017Have you ever noticed how some authors tend to focus too much on writing certain fiction elements, yet ignore…
October 9, 2017