Character Profile: Violet Harrigan
Sometimes one event can forever change a person's life. For 14 year-old Violet Harrigan, that event was in 1885 - an accident that killed her father. Now she and her family must decide whether or not they can survive life alone in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.Violet loved her life on Sac [...]
a2z: Thank you, Patty!
In case you missed my last writing post, I'm in a bit of a rut. There's a lot going on right now, and it's hard enough to find the time (and will) to feed my family and keep the house clean. I'm barely managing to get my paid writing assignments [...]
Monthly Writing Prompt
Sometimes I find it hard to motivate myself to get working. I can find a million other thing to do. What about you? Tell me your top 10 ways to procrastinate.
Calgon, Take Me Away!
The last couple of weeks have been very stressful and emotionally taxing. I'm beat. I have all kinds of great writing topics for my blog, but I've barely been able to stay awake for the past few days. Instead of forcing it and writing a poopy post, I'm gonna call [...]
Whine and Money by Conda V. Douglas
After my fifth grade teacher told me that I could be a writer, I immediately set out to be one. I worked hard at my craft. Okay, granted my first novel was written with colored pens, sometimes every other word was a different color, and the novel was only 30 [...]