Is Your Budget Not Working?

by | Nov 25, 2019 | Writing

My attempt at a budget, years ago, flopped. Short post warning, here. But, I finished my book about personal finance and I wanted to let you know! Cash Envelopes: You've Never Had So Much Money, is up on Amazon! Go here to pre-order. Please leave a review when you...

One Thing At A Time

by | Sep 16, 2019 | Writing

I listen to podcasts about writing and publishing. Like Mark Dawson's The Self-Publishing Show.  And get stressed. I need to start audio. Finish a nonfiction. The rough draft for the work in progress (WIP). I feel my heart begin to beat faster. Anxiety rises. There's...

Days at the Nebraska State Fair

by | Sep 3, 2019 | Faith

Three days at the Nebraska State Fair. Three days later. I'm still tired. I feel a bit wimpy when two women from The Nebraska Writers Guild manned the booth every day for eleven days! This year, 2019, rain storm after rain storm plagued the fair. Cloudy days. Mud...

How I Met My Editor

by | Jul 29, 2019 | Faith, Writing

Funny. I wrote the title, “How I Met My Editor,” and kept thinking … what does that remind me of? You just thought of it, right? How I Met Your Mother. Yup. This isn't that. Although it was a funny, romantic sitcom, this isn't that at all. This is a...

I’ll Do This Indie Author Thing My Way

by | Jul 21, 2019 | Writing

And part of doing this indie author thing my way is sifting through the available avalanche of information and choosing what is good for me. This post is about indie author Facebook Ad stats and my take of goals for my life In my last post, you can see my numbers from...

Sunday Afternoon, a Model A, and a Glass of Tea

by | Jul 9, 2019 | Writing

Authors have these memories of how they got started: usually stories of how they wrote as a child–even creating books back then, or receiving awards for a short story in third grade. Not me. Oh, I wrote Cub Scout newsletters. Church bulletins. Crafted cute...

Back to Prison

by | Jun 2, 2019 | Anger Management, Faith, Writing

A couple days ago, I posted that I am living back in the dark tunnel of anger. Yeah, back to prison. I hate admitting that, but I can feel it in my gut and it feels nasty. Yes, the word gut-wrenching comes to mind. The third book in The Great Escapee Series, Restored,...