Historical research, Writing life

PASTimes Post

We've had some shifting of duties over at Favorite PASTimes, and I'll be sharing the Monday posts with some of the other ladies. Mondays are fun because you never know exactly what history-related you might find. I decided to pull out all the stops for my debut and write about ... Tiddleywinks. 🙂 Hop over… Continue reading PASTimes Post

Christian fiction, Historical research, Writing life

Interview Time

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I'd been invited to join the team of contributors at the Favorite PASTimes blog. I was tickled when they invited me, and bowled over when I learned that they actually had quite a few eager wannabe helpers respond to their invitation -- and I was one of… Continue reading Interview Time

Writing life

Confession & Celebration

They (whoever 'they' might be) say confession is good for the soul, so here's my stab at it for the moment. I keep whacking the snooze button or -- even worse -- turning off the alarm altogether instead of getting up super early to work on my novel. Not every morning at least, but more… Continue reading Confession & Celebration

Writing life, Writing quotes

$10 Words

This week's writing quote, courtesy of Ernest Hemingway: Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use. My first attempt at writing fiction… Continue reading $10 Words