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Website Repaired–Finally

Have you ever gotten frustrated with a task that needs to be maintained, but you don't know how to do it, so you ... don't? This website is that! So I put it off. And off. Until I couldn't live with myself any longer! It's not perfect. But better. I now have a blog...

Thunder Storms and Pondering Life

I woke up at 2 a.m.--the usual reason--bathroom. My body is aching because of all the yard work I did yesterday. I cleared the tubs/planters of the tomato plants and otherwise dead things. Gathered in the ripe tomatoes and cucumbers--there weren't many. I had even...

Book Blurb for Newest Trilogy

New trilogy. Katty’s trilogy. New book blurb. I don’t even have a book blurb for that series yet, but I need one. See my blurb studies for previous books here. My theme for all my writing is hope—whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. J.D. Barker - on The Creative Penn...

Back Cover Blurb. Huh? I have written two blog posts about blurbs, trying each time to learn, but to apply what I learn to my own back cover blurbs. So here I am again. For book three in my The Great Escapee Series. ...

Approaching Libraries

Feb 18, 2023

Just finished with taxes last week and the sales results of my author year are disappointing. Yes, there are the usual...

Short on Cash? Use Cash Envelopes!

Feb 4, 2023

I just finished preparing our taxes for the dreaded tax appointment, here in the US. This year it was easier--just...

How to fix old Projects in Scrivener

Dec 19, 2022

Yes. I'm trying to blog again. But I could not access my Scrivener Project titled Blog Posts. I love Scrivener (This...

Intelligent Imagination

May 28, 2014

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." ~ Albert Einstein

The More I Write

May 23, 2014

The more I write, the faster I write, the better I write. If I write daily, even a little - like say 500 words - it...

Chiropractor Adjustments in Chapter Flow

Apr 16, 2014

I'm struggling with the WIP. Since adding a key chapter toward the end, everything has to have that chiropractor...

Platforms are not for Sissies

Apr 5, 2014

I am baffled. If writing five novels isn't enough (plus around fifty short stories and articles and five children's...

Kombucha, Kale Chips, and Editing

Apr 2, 2014

Kombucha. A few months ago, I didn't know what that was. My daughter started brewing her own, so I bought a bottle....

My Writing Life

Feb 18, 2014

I'm finding my way in this writing gig. When I first did NaNoWriMo three years ago, I wrote for hours without a break....

Enjoy the Frosting While You Can

Feb 5, 2014

I love cake … No. I. Love. Cake. Cake AND frosting! Ask my sister! In my devo time the other day, (from Jesus...

Aim for the Target

Jan 27, 2014

We went out and shot my new gun day before yesterday. I got it for Christmas from Dearly Beloved. He knew I wanted...

Benign

Jan 27, 2014

Got the call. It's benign. Nuff said!

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