Humor in Heartache

Life is so funny. Literally, ironically funny. It was Aaron's grandma's second to last day on earth. We'd heard she wasn't g...

Rest

Just a quick note to tell you that Aaron's grandma died yesterday evening. I'm planning on being quiet for a few days. Thank you for...

The Gift

We hurried to the hospital tonight after dinner because we were told Aaron's grandma had slipped into a coma and would probably not make...

The Typewriter Technique

Psst. Over here. A little closer ... C'mon, scoot in a little closer.... I wanted to tell you, I'm trying something new with my WiP....

One of Those Weeks

Sparse blog posts. Falling behind in every area of my life. It's been one of those weeks. But that's okay. I've learned to give ...

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Have you read this book? SOLD by Patricia McCormick. It's completely and utterly horrifying. But amazing. The writing is incredible, the...

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

I'd read a few blogging friends' reviews on MOCKINGJAY, the last book in Suzanne Collins' best selling Hunger Games trilogy. I h...

A Story A Week: Fading

Esther loved the window seat best. She loved covering herself with the quilt that always lay folded there, that always smelled like cinnamon...

Farm Girl by Karen Jones Gowen

A lot of you writers probably follow Karen Jones Gowen's wonderful blog . She's such a sweet blog friend, always taking time to enco...

A Story A Week: The Watch

She had seen him come in before. This was not the first time. He slipped in through the shop door so quietly that the bell on the handle sca...

Gotcha Day

Today is Olivia's 9th Gotcha Day. In other words, nine years ago I brought our daughter Olivia home from the orphanage. Talk about a lif...

New Beginnings

Since we were talking a bit about beginnings and first chapters  the other day , I was thrilled to see this post on Literary Agent Jill Cor...

Starting Block

I climbed in the car and switched on the engine. I'm always a few minutes late picking up my son from school because I inevitably have t...

WiP Wednesday: Still Writing

This week has been kicking my rear end (to put it nicely). By the time the Dashingly Handsome Sidekick gets home in the evening, I'm rea...

Oranges

Today I took Olivia out for ice cream after her orthodontist appointment. A Korean woman owns the ice cream parlor. She gave me two oranges,...

Verse Novel Challenge: Hugging the Rock

This is the fourth verse novel I've read this year. One more to go before I reach my goal for author  Caroline Starr Rose 's Verse N...