Manic Monday No. 3: A painless podcast and taxes done
How’s this for a manic Monday: I finally finished my taxes. Yes … #TaxesDone. I’ve been putting it off for months, dreading the result. Fortunately, the experience wasn’t as painful as I’d feared it would be. That was a relief. Another thing to chalk up in the “not as painful as I feared”...
Protected: Diva in the Dugout: When Mel met Dave
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Celebrating Diva’s one-year anniversary: Exclusive excerpt for newsletter subscribers
My debut novel, DIVA IN THE DUGOUT, will be one year old Saturday. How can I mark this momentous occasion? Well, I have a few blog posts scheduled. I also got the okay to release the rarely seen deleted first chapter—in full. You can find a My Sexy Saturday...
Big changes on the horizon
I’ve mentioned before that I’m not much for astrology. Living near Sedona’s well-known psychic vortexes is finally starting to take its toll, though. When I saw the message below in my fortune cookie at Panda Express one recent afternoon, it was the final impetus I needed to take a big...
Setting writing goals
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article for my RWA chapter newsletter about the Do’s and Don’ts of Setting Writing Goals. I thought I could use a refresher course before I craft some very attainable goals for the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Winter Writing Festival. So how does...
No turning back
I registered for the Golden Heart the other day … with two manuscripts. Yes, I think I might be nuts — or at least I’ll be driving myself nuts soon as I to finish editing two GH entries before the NaNoWriMo starts on Nov. 1. All that and I...
Working hard
I didn’t get much writing done Monday, but I did almost finish the next NARWA newsletter. The only things left are the calendar, my editor’s note and a blurb on our chapter’s GH finalist. I have a block on the editor’s note. That’s ironic, considering how much writing I’ve...