Beating the Odds
“God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can for yourself.” Oprah Winfrey My intention with all my writing, whether it’s fiction or a blog post, is to inspire and uplift. Riversong is described by my publisher as a ‘feel good book’. This suits me just fine. When readers finish that last sentence, [...]
Guest Post at Living Snoqualmie
I guest blogged today for a wonderful writer who publishes a blog here in my town of Snoqualmie, Washington. It’s about the Mama Bears in this community but is really a homage to all Mama Bears out there. You know who you are. And so do your children. Click below to read: http://livingsnoqualmie.com/2011/03/09/guest-blog-mama-bears-of-snoqualmie-ridge/
Writing Coach – Caroline Allen
People ask me all the time, “How did you write a novel with two small children in the house?” It wasn’t easy, but I found a secret weapon. It’s called a Writing Coach. Mine came in the form of Caroline Allen. http://www.artofstorytellingonline.com/ When my daughter Emerson was 8 months old I began working out with [...]
Series of blogs this week – Thank you notes
I don’t know about any of you but I used to sit in front of the mirror when I was a kid, practicing my Oscar acceptance speech into the hairbrush. That was a long time ago. However, this week I got to write my thank you page for Riversong and it feels like winning the Oscar. [...]
Bloggeritus
Writers talk about writer’s block a lot. I’ve never experienced it myself. As a matter of fact, I have more stories running around in my head than time to write. However, I experienced blogger’s block last week, which I will now unaffectionately refer to as Bloggeritus. Not only was I feeling uninspired, I was feeling [...]
Go Bravely in the Direction of you Dreams
“Have you ever looked fear in the face and said I just don’t care.” Pink. “Glitter in the Air” I was eight years old the first time I knew it. I wanted to be a novelist. A good one, like the authors who wrote the books I devoured in the middle of the night. My first [...]
Guest post at adventurefy.com
http://blog.adventurefy.com/2011/02/17/go-bravely-in-the-direction-of-your-dream/
Top Ten Things I’d Tell Myself at 22
I am 42 today. It’s hard to believe, given that I feel 25. But I know my mother wouldn’t lie about the year I was born, so it must be true. It occurred to me this morning, as I was shaking my middle-aged bootie in Zumba, that birthdays inevitably cause you to look back [...]
The Little Owl – New York City
When I was a child I loved to read for all the reasons others love it. I could go places, meet people and live whatever life the author imagined as if it were happening to me. I’ve gone everywhere through the gift of fiction. It’s the same with writing fiction. I borrow from my own [...]
Guest post at Colleges and Careers.com
http://www.mycollegesandcareers.com/blog/2011/02/guest-post-look-fear-in-the-face/
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