I heard a news story this week that amazed and saddened me.

Read the Story Here  read more »

Happy New Year everyone! I took some time off over the holidays and now getting back into the blogging routine! lol  read more »

After a long week I am ready for some humor. Some of these are so funny, I'm still laughing!

Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

Evening massage - 6 p.m.  read more »

I recently became the instructor of the Advanced Romance Writing Course at www.writersonlinecourses.com

This exciting course teaches writers how to develop the romance between the hero and heroine, the art of flirting, the language of love, how to improve the ending of the story and much more.

The course is self paced and the instructor has several forums where students may ask questions.  read more »

"If you study a subject 15 minutes a day for one year, you will become an expert." This quote stood out at me today as I was researching another writing idea.

Blogging immediately came to mind. For several years, I've been reading various blogs on a daily basis. I enjoy the content; get layout ideas and learn blogging "language". Now I've stepped out and created my own blogs.  read more »

Now at 15,371 words and I'm very pleased. The story continues to flow and I'm happy to be a quarter of the way to the goal of 50,000 words. I also have 8 scenes coming together nicely.

Keeping up with all the details of my story is a challenge. I've tried using a loose leaf notebook and I've also used colored index cards.  read more »

A few weeks ago while pumping gas, a man approached me and asked if I could help him. His father-in-law was sick and he needed gas money to take his wife to visit (200 miles away).  read more »

Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight.

After spending part of my day on NaNo, it was nice to realize I have an extra hour tonight!  read more »

It's day three and I'm pleased with my progress. Didn't write much yesterday so I buckled down today and wrote 3652 words.

My total for NaNo is now 5450 words.

More importantly, I am working steadily on my goal of writing at least 25 scenes.

I've written the bare bones of six scenes so far and will expand them later after NaNo is over.

How is everyone else doing?  read more »

Sometimes I struggle with writing. Is my message clear? Are my topics interesting? Do I really have a call on my life to write?

One morning I was particularly discouraged and picked up a little devotional I read on a regular basis called “Come Away My Beloved”.

The following are portions of my reading that day titled “A Perpetual Fountain of Glory”.  read more »