I love the acronym for Work-in-Progress: WIP. It sounds so snappy, so intense. It isn’t always that way in real life; sometimes the WIP is more like lukewarm soup than […]

Title:  Raspberries and Vinegar — A Farm Fresh Romance, #1 Author:  Valerie Comer Publisher:  choose NOW publishing Paperback (316 pages) and e-book I read Raspberries and Vinegar on my Kindle

Thanks to Valerie Comer for allowing me to share this interview on my blog. Valerie Comer’s life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of

My favorite genre is historical fiction. Of course, if you know me you might expect me to say that since I’ve read scads of them and have had three complete

As our women’s Sunday School class broke into small groups and bowed our heads to pray, I studied our shoes. Oh, I know I should have closed my eyes, but

“He said,” and then “she said,” and then “they said…” The preceding is a good way to lose our readers. How can we, as writers, make our dialogue exciting, compelling

Some years ago I created a workshop titled What Every Beginning Writer Needs to Know. I’ve used a few of the main ideas for this blog and added/modified others. 1.

Kathi Macias’ 12 Days of Christmas – Volume 10 – Her Best Worst Christmas by Anne Baxter Campbell As Wendy waits for a bus after having been fired from her

Title:  The Third Grace Author:  Deb Elkink Format:  print and digital Publisher:  Greenbrier Fiction (Nov. 18 2011) 2012 WINNER OF THE GRACE IRWIN AWARD ENDORSEMENT for The Third Grace —

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