by Rachel Brady Three things never get easier for me: 1. Small talk2. Fundraising3. Book promotion I can’t grow plants, carry a tune, or do plenty of other things either, but the things on this list seem to present the most handicaps for me in life.Small talk is tiring. Expending energy to have non-conversations exhausts […]
It’s Thanksgiving… Happy Turkey Day!!! Along with fabulous food and family, Thanksgiving means it’s officially okay (in my book) to begin thinking about Christmas. I like to finish one holiday before I move onto the next. This year I’ve already done something special… a Santa making class with my mom in a nearby historic town. […]
Here at the Stiletto Gang, we’re a very close group, even though we all live in different parts of the country. I’ll speak for all of us when I say that we’re all very thankful to be together. I, for one, learn something new every year about one or more of our members, but I […]
The small publisher I’m with for my Rocky Bluff P.D. series doesn’t give me deadlines. Because I always manage to finish and send a completed manuscript off to her in a timely manner she’s never asked me to have it completed by a certain date. The one I’m working on now I’m having trouble finishing. […]
I’m not sure how it can be Thanksgiving already. I haven’t even changed my closet from summer to winter, so how can it be time to roast a turkey? Time flies when you’re having fun and actually the last few months have indeed been fun. I like what the collective Evelyn David is writing…actually I […]
by Susan McBride As I write this, I’m down to the wire on my deadline for Little Black Dress, my tale of two sisters, a daughter, and a magical dress that changes all their lives forever. It’s something different for me after writing series mysteries, a YA nonmystery series, and contemporary women’s fiction. Little Black […]
Last weekend was the annual NTRWA weekend retreat and what a blast it was! We all met in the historic town of Glen Rose, Texas, home of the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world. Members of the North Texas RWA Chapter… Happy Tales to You -_- Which way to ReJuVeNaTiOn? We stayed at Country Woods […]
Much of the time I am supposed to be working, I’m surfing the Net for interesting story ideas, shopping, or just wasting time. During yesterday’s surf, I found this link on a web site and was so struck by this young’s man poise, as well as his bravery, that I had to post it here. […]
I had a post all written for today and it said I was on a mystery cruise–actually the name for it was A Cruise to Die For. There were 40 of us signed up for it, a cruise to the Mexican Riveria. The plan was the 3 days we were at sea we were having […]
For the past several days I’ve been thinking about this blog. I wanted to write about why I love Tom Selleck’s Jesse Stone movies, but don’t have the same feelings about his Blue Bloods television series. Is it the same thing when the books are great and the television series is much less so? I […]