I love spring!

I love spring!

Last week my chickens *finally* started laying again, as did one of my geese, and I got my first duck egg today. I have daffodils and crocuses blooming in my yard (I could swear crocuses are supposed to come first, aren’t they?) and I planted seeds for my garden...

Politics, writing, and my life

Can I say that I’m a complete and utter blogging slacker? On the other hand, I’ve had some interesting things going on. My husband is running for county auditor, and he’s been sick for the past week–thankfully he’s finally starting to...

Busy, busy month!

I really have been doing more than reading books for book reviews–I promise! There are actually a ton of things on my to-do list and I’ve been really busy. I did add nearly 13,000 words to various manuscripts last month, and I’ve already gotten...
My books have arrived!

My books have arrived!

Today was a serious red-letter day for me. I still marvel to think that a little plot idea I had eight or so years ago has finally morphed into a book of my own. There were lots of little milestones, from actually finishing the manuscript, to sending it on each...

The Complete Novel Plotting Workbook by Weston Elliot

After a very cool day at LDSBA, (which you will hear in more detail about, along with pictures, I promise) I spent my free time yesterday and today looking at critiques for my third book. (All right, so that’s a bit of a misnomer, I actually wrote scads of books...