Book Review: Love No Matter What by Brenda Garrison
Parents and kids will never agree on everything but what can mom and dad do when that decision is something they think is totally wrong? Brenda and her husband were forced to answer this question when their oldest daughter Katie abruptly moved out of the house with no means of [...]
Fiction Fun: Get Inspired!
Photo Credit There's nothing worse than wanting to write and having nothing to say. I have a great idea for a novel, the first few chapters write themselves, then ... nothing. It's not writer's block, it's plot block. First, let's differentiate. Writer's block is when you know where [...]
Featured Author: Deanna Klingel
1. Tell us a little about yourself: I live in the mountains with my husband and golden retriever. Our seven children are all adults and parents scattered across four states. 2. Why did you start writing? Probably because I just had to! I’ve been a compulsive writer all my life. [...]
Act Now, Think Later
Opposites attract - my husband and I support that theory. Our first 4th of July together, we bought some poppers - those boxes of tiny, paper wrapped explosives that pop when you throw them on cement. The hubs wanted to wait until nightfall, but I wanted to hear things explode. [...]
Professional Development: Lookin’ Good!
Photo Credit Three years ago I attended my first big fiction writing conference. Hundreds of writers - beginning and published, famous and not - mingled in the hotel lobby. Somewhere in the crowd was my favorite author. I'd read every book she had published, and her sense of [...]