Like fellow blogger, Family Fun & Faith, I have never cared for the word, abandon. In my mind, it always conjured up only negative visions.  read more »

There are a wide variety of social groups online to be a member of. I am a member of probably all of them. So why did I create a yahoogroup?

Because next week, I will be teaching a workshop during the Muse Online Writer's Conference and it is called WRITE THAT COZY! and I wanted my attendees to have a place where they could go and chat about cozies if they so desired.  read more »

I am over at Ron Adams' blog --http://www.ronaldwadams.blogspot.com -- today gabbing about what's going on in my life. I think I mostly forgot to include my links on his post but they are all over the net if you want to find me. I am available to write for your blog if you want someone to hijack it for a day and get a little traffic without having to strike many keys.  read more »

I will be the guest blogger over at Pat Bertram's blog tomorrow, September 4, 2008. Come on over and say hello and make a comment -- you never know what will transpire! I have penned an article about critiquing so if this is your flavor of the week, be it good or bad, this is the place to be tomorrow!

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I know it seems like yesterday when we were all writing down what our New year's resolutions would be. How have you done? I opted to read 52 books this year and I am way behind. I don't know what happened! I was going along really well, and then sumer hit. Maybe that is it? Maybe summer was the killer? I don't know but here we are in September and I am mostly stuck in the first third of my list.  read more »

Have you ever wanted to write your life story? Ever wondered how to do this feat and have some success at getting it published? The first thing I always ask is, who wants to read about me? What is there about my life story that is special?  read more »

In a bold move to garner attention for my writing ability in advance of my book's release sometime this year, I have been busily writing and submitting short stories. I have been so blessed by the writing community and with so many acceptances, I feel so honored by each one.  read more »

Okay. You ladies out there will identify with me on this one. Sometimes we just have to change the look of things. We change our hairstyles, our waistlines go out and in, and we update the closet, on regular intervals.

Well, I have done likewise over at my blog at http://www.mkimsmith.com/blog because the other one was just not moving me anymore.  read more »

Over on the murderby4 blog, Karen Dionne is talking about book tours and how we can be more effective, and help others out at the same time. For those who do not know Karen, she *is* Backspace.  read more »