This week’s #bookqw tweets are all about The Binding, since it releases in a week! Turns out I still like the format Canva suggests. Maybe I need a shorter quote? I did find the perfect cave image on Canva! ~~~ The #bookqw is the brainchild of paranormal author Mindy Klasky. If you’d like to […]
I’m excited, in that *Kermit flail* kind of way. The third book and conclusion of my fantasy story is set to release, and it looks like…THIS! I love it and urge you to get carried away with me and do a Pre-order with 1-click for the ebook even if you haven’t read the first two […]
A few weeks ago I started sharing in a Wednesday tweet tagged #bookqw. Each week a new word is highlighted, and authors choose a book excerpt that includes that word. Authors are coming up with some nice graphics, so after just posting text quotes the first two weeks, I had to up my game. This […]
Here’s a short #TeaserTuesday from The Binding. Read the opening chapter here!
I’ve completed my edits on The Binding and have dove into a completely different type of creativity–Canva. LOL. Came out like a hand-knit scarf, a friend told me. But a new upload of my photo put those threads in place. I got the bug to match my nature photographs with nature quotes I’ve always liked […]
We’ve had a wild honeybee hive living in our cabin’s fireplace for over ten years. No, they don’t get inside, even before we installed a woodburing stove with a sealed stovepipe to meet the local clean air requirements. They come and go. Last year they swarmed. After the flood, I planted wildflowers, as much for […]
While researching website themes, I ran across an excellent set of pointers for authors from the coder at Nose Graze Limited: 5 Things I Like to See on an Author’s Website. Please visit the site, and read the comments, too, which detail more must-haves for authors. The item that wouldn’t leave my subconscious is under […]
Last year, after my first Luminated Threads novel came out, I was describing the setting of Derbyshire, England to my eighty-eight-year-old aunt. She knew immediately where I had placed my story: “The Midlands! David Winter as a collection set there.” My aunt collected David Winter cottages through the 1980s and 90s. I’d always thought they […]
Did I mention my poppies are in the shade? A week after I’ve arrived in Colorado, most still look like this. It’s taking them forever to bloom–but here is the first. I love it! Meanwhile, my neighbor’s yard–in the sun–is bursting with poppies! First there was one. Then three… Now she has twenty-some! My lesson […]
Yesterday I arrived in Colorado for a month. Most folks respond with a “Wow” when I say I’ll be doing this because they assume this is how I’ll spend my days: Problem is, we own a family place, so my reality is this: Weeding (yes, I put down weed barrier!), cutting brush for fire mitigation […]