Here are some things I read and liked lately! Beneath Sleepless Stars, Elizabeth Cole. I really love this title and this cover! This is the fifth in the Secrets of the Zodiac series, but it was the first one I read, and it stands alone just fine. I liked the intrigue, the atypical heroine, and the realistic development of the
In a great moment in the finale of the TV show The Office, the character Andy realized that a job he viewed as a way station rather than a destination is one that he will miss terribly. In the past week, friends of mine have kids who are going to grade school for the first time, and off to college the
Welcome to the third installment in my astrology series for writers! Of all the zodiac signs, Geminis may introduce the most possibilities for fun. They have a love and a gift for change, and wherever you put them, they’re going to shake things up. Here are some positive traits of a Gemini: clever entertaining social adaptable intellectual curious And here
Yesterday, Mr. Donovan and I celebrated an anniversary. Like any couple who’s been together for a very long time, we’ve been through some challenges. We are happier together than ever, and I thought I’d write about why, the way some other bloggers have done. I do know that in a lot of ways, I’m just plain lucky to have married the right person.
Last month I asked people to share a bit of their work in progress–and they did! It was so much fun and so inspiring, so I’m doing it on the first Wednesday of every month. I’ve been working really hard on a nonfiction book, so I’m going to share a paragraph from my completed paranormal romance, The Phoenix Codex, which is the
This list focuses on thriller plot ideas and crime stories, but many of the ideas could be also used in other genres, such as mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romantic suspense. I thought of these as writing prompts for adults, but I’ve learned that some teenage writers have used them, too! [AdSense-B] I had a lot of fun making this
When I was finishing up my MFA in Creative Writing, I had no job prospects. My experience impressed no one. Besides being an instructor at the university, I had been a cocktail waitress, a breakfast waitress at a place called The Eggery that was perpetually out of eggs, an artists’ model, a retail worker, and a person who pestered shoppers to take surveys