It’s #BookQW and ‘hang’ it, I don’t use #hang, and Beri & Raven are decorating a tree! Can you find where I might have used #hang? More from the short story: Beri had noticed Willow was wearing the wooden bracelets Raven had carved of three different colors of wood. They’d gotten the idea when they’d […]
I’m excited to have my sweet holiday story in the A Christmas Wish anthology! Read more about Solstice Gifts on its book page. Pick up all ten stories today and enjoy!
It’s #BookQW and Beri & Fern ‘hope’ for a good first holiday together! More from Chapter 1: Brow furrowed, Fern’s mom looked between them. “What are you doing home from school?” she asked in her Irish accent. “Half day, Mom,” Fern said cheerily. “They know it’s a waste to keep us there with vacation. Whatcha […]
It’s #BookQW and we all brighten the coming solstice with ‘color’. More from Chapter 2: “You feel put out?” Beri huffed. “I had to spend eight hours of the one snow day inside a school building and two more inside a bus. I had only the walk home and a few snowballs pitched at Fern.” […]
It’s #BookQW and the ‘dark’ is celebrated at the Solstice. More from Chapter 3: With the house darkened, the view through the windows showed the spruce and pines surrounding the cabin. Everybody clustered into a semicircle facing the hearth. “Heather?” Dad asked quietly. “Who shall do the lighting this year?” “I’d like Mum to have […]
It’s #BookQW and ‘stones’ are always part of the Solstice! More from Chapter 1: Inside their cabin, Fern laid her box reverently on the couch and opened the flaps. Shredded paper nested tissue-wrapped objects. She unwrapped one and held up the lacy six-pointed star of clear filaments, more spider gossamer than glass. He whistled. “Lady […]
The holidays are a great time to share your favorite series with friends and family. Introduce them through an ebook, paperback or large print edition, and you’ll have lots to talk about over the break! Here are the books in-hand to get a better idea of what they are like. This year, I also put […]
It’s #BookQW and ‘dark’ times will change with the Solstice! Can you believe it is December? More from Chapter 3: Dad gestured to the woodstove. “The fire is ready for the lighting. Are we all ready?” Mom turned out the overhead lights, and Raven ran to turn off the others in the kitchen. With the […]
It’s #BookQW and time for our heroine to learn “good” news. More from Chapter 1: Gran burst through the door, her pixielike face twisted into a frown. The five songbirds that’d managed to enter with her circled the room and twittered furiously. Fern bent to hug her. “Are we in trouble?” she whispered. “No, but […]
It’s #BookQW and we all want to see that ‘break’ ahead! More from Chapter 4: They’d risen above the trees. The oaks’ tops mounded like green mushrooms floating in mist, a glowing murky line twisting through the undulating haze. Fern swallowed, thoughts of struggling dissolving. Whatever the rip was, it didn’t look safe. Neither, her […]