Edits are in. Check. Christmas Tree is up. Check. My own porcelain ornaments that I’ve made over the years dabbling around in clay are hung. Check. Air horn is under said Christmas tree. Check. Blog post up…not checked. But since you are reading this, it is now up. 😉 It’s been a busy week trying to finish edits which I …
Reader Friday – Engaged in Trouble
One day I realized I had never read a Jenny B. Jones book. I’d meant to, but if you ever took a look at my Kindle titles or my print TBR table you would understand. Anyhoo, this past week I remedied the oversight with not one book but two! And I actually started with the first book of a new …
More Strange Facts
I was rolling right along with my NaNoWrMo count this week when edits for Standoff, the first Natchez Park Rangers book came in! So I abandoned ship. 🙂 I finished said edits Thursday night and will now read through the manuscript once more before turning it in the first of the week. Then I’ll go back to working on the …
Reader Friday ~ One Day Gone
I’ve long admired Luana Ehrlich’s books with Titus Ray and set in the Middle East (Must write a review for them here!), and the first book in her new series featuring Mylas Grey is a great addition. Mylas is a character that stays with you long after you finish the book. Here’s the back cover copy (And don’t you love …
Little Known Facts
I’m at Camp NaNoWrMo starting my second week participating in NaNoWrMo (National Novel Writing Month), and I’m on target to hit the 50,000-word goal…if I keep writing 1667 words each day. While you’re supposed to start a new project, I didn’t. I have that February deadline, and I’m using NaNo to push me through the first draft! Actually this won’t …
May We Always Remember and Honor Our Veterans
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has …
Reader Friday ~ Brink of Danger
Brink of Danger by Christy Barritt literally kept me from doing anything until I finished it. Of course, it helped that my power was off and I could read without guilt. 🙂 And when my battery got low on my iPad, I switched to my phone to finish it! Here’s the back cover copy: Ansley Wilder has always lived life …
A Few Dumb Crooks
A week has passed and we discovered we’d been hit by Hurricane Olga three hundred and fifty miles from the coast. Most of the power has been restored to our community and I want to thank all the wonderful workers at ACE Power here in Alcorn County for their hard work! And for the men in my church for calling …
Reader Friday ~ Always Look Twice
Last week when the power went out I was reading Always Look Twice by Elizabeth Goddard, and I wasn’t about to let a little thing like no electricity keep me from finishing the book! Thank goodness for flashlights! Here’s the back cover copy: At the advice of her therapist, homicide survivor Harper Reynolds has traded her job as a crime …
What Do You Do When Your Power Is Out?
You write a blog post! Whew! As I sit here typing on my laptop, I’m thankful the backup battery had a full charge when the power went out about seven hours ago. Before dark fell, power saws droned in the background as people in my small town picked up debris left behind after either straight-line winds or an F1 tornado …