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Friday Funnies: No More Talking (plus two winners)
(laughing) AND THE WINNERS OF THE AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF SADIE ARE . . . (…drum roll…) Irina from New Jersey (goodreads)...
Mar 16, 2012


MBM: 10 Marketing Tips (what not to do) with JoLynne Lyon
MARCH BOOK MADNESS is something where people share their thoughts on writing and books and we’ve had two awesome posts already (see the...
Mar 15, 2012


MBM: Plotting vs. Plodding with Tobi Summers
Today, I have my second guest, Tobi Summers, here for MARCH BOOK MADNESS. I’m excited for Tobi’s post since it’s all about plotting...
Mar 13, 2012


March Book Madness: Tips on Querying with Lynn Wiese Sneyd
Today is the first official day of MARCH BOOK MADNESS. Here’s the Schedule: Lynn Wiese Sneyd: Thurs, March 8, Tips on Querying Tobi...
Mar 8, 2012


Friday Funnies: How Do You Like My Toenails?
(laughing) If you’re new to my blog, I save Friday posts for things that made me chuckle during the week. This was a good week and I...
Mar 2, 2012


Talent vs. Hard Work?
I received an e-mail last week from my kids’ school on “smart kids,” also known as academically gifted, and I’ve been thinking about the...
Feb 27, 2012


Writing is Like Cleaning (only better).
(writing) Quick update. SADIE is now available for the NOOK. Check it out here. I personally have a Kindle Fire for reading, but I’m...
Feb 23, 2012


Writing Tip Tuesday: How to spot your crutch words
(editing) I have two writing projects I’m working on right now. The first is a sequel to SADIE. Several people have asked if there will...
Feb 21, 2012


Deseret News Book Review
I normally don’t post on weekends, but this week hasn’t been normal by any standards. So…I just had to share a great review of SADIE that...
Feb 18, 2012


Curling Up with a Good Book
(reading) Are you reading anything fun today?
Feb 15, 2012


Friday Funnies: It’s official, I’m a fish murderer
(laughing–when I shouldn’t) Note to self: When writing a post entitled “Choose to Have a Good Day” be prepared to have two weeks...
Feb 10, 2012
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Polling: How many books do you read?
(polling) So if you haven’t noticed before, this week is a week of polling for me. I’m a curious kind of gal and like asking questions...
Feb 9, 2012


Writing Tip Tuesday: Read Your Manuscript Aloud
(writing) Yesterday I wrote about CHOOSING to have a good day! I hope that you do today. Today is Tuesday, so I wanted to mention...
Jan 31, 2012


Choose to Have a Good Day!
(learning) My daughter was telling me this morning that the announcements came to her class last Friday. I asked her what that meant...
Jan 30, 2012


Friday Funnies — Signs that I have 5 children
(laughing) A late post yesterday. An early post today. Crazy, sorry. But if I don’t post now (6am), it ain’t happenin’ today. Do you ever...
Jan 27, 2012


90% Non-verbal Stuff — Part 3
I’m so glad everyone’s enjoying this non-verbal stuff. It’s been so awesome for me to delve into it in such detail. To recap, here are...
Jan 26, 2012


90% Non-verbal Stuff — Part 2
In case you missed it, this week I’m focusing on some writing advice from people/authors I really like and admire. I asked each of them...
Jan 25, 2012


90% Non-verbal Stuff — Part 1
here are the questions: If 90% of all communication is non-verbal, how should authors portray this? How have you seen non-verbal...
Jan 24, 2012


If 90% of all communication is non-verbal…
My younger kids have a day off of school due to inclement weather. It’s barely raining outside. Now I realize rain in January is VERY odd...
Jan 23, 2012


A Quick Question and Friday Funnies
(laughing) This question probably needs a quick explanation. I’m in an interesting predicament with my novel, SADIE. I live in Michigan...
Jan 20, 2012
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