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Last week I took part in an online Twitter event called, #pitmad. What the heck does #pitmad mean, you ask? Well, it is not an armpit obsession mixed with an anger problem as interpreted by myself...
View ArticleTips for Querying
It’s easy to get overly excited when you start to query agents and publishing houses about your new book. You’ve been working your butt off on this thing for months, sometimes even years, and you can’t...
View ArticleBe A Happy Writer
I stumbled upon another writer’s blog post via Twitter the other day, and it made me both sympathetic for the Unhappy Writer and a tad bit annoyed as well, if I’m going to be honest. You see, it was an...
View ArticleSenseless Art
Art is senseless. It uses up vast amounts of time and resources, and for what? The hope that someone will buy your painting, read your book, or listen to your song? How can you quantify any kind of...
View ArticleWhat Books Do You Want To Write?
First of all, can we just take a moment to love on this picture?! Man, I wish I looked this cool when writing. Candlelight, a black feathered pen, the little side-bang he’s got going on, and that...
View ArticleLetting Go
Two small gremlins (aka children) will teach ya about letting go in a major way. As the older gremlin (two-years-old) dumps milk on the younger gremlin (eight-months-old), and grins up at me with this...
View ArticleBook Spotlight: Just Dessert
JUST DESSERT Ladies of Larkspur By: Heather Gray Genre: Sweet Romance Publisher: Astraea Press Pages: 283 Language: English ASIN: B00F2Z9X9M Buy: Amazon Kindle Buy: B&N Nook Buy: Astraea Press...
View ArticleAdoption is “Brutiful”
It’s amazing to me that we’re almost at my son’s one year adoption anniversary and I still find myself looking at him with shock. “He can’t really be mine.” The thought runs through my head almost...
View Article“That’s a TALL tower.”
This is a tower that my son built. He makes many such creations, devoting a good deal of time and energy to their construction. So understandably, he doesn’t want to take them down. Instead, he sits...
View ArticleMy Miracle…In Baby Steps
I’m usually pretty silent on the subject of faith here on the blog. For many reasons, but one being that as a writer, I feel it’s important to leave room for questions, doubts, and debate. Today...
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