I learned after I was married that one of my husband’s prerequisites for deciding if I was the ONE, was whether or not I could bait a hook. I answered yes, of course, because when he asked, I thought back to the time when I was twelve and actually put crickets on hooks for catching brim. Have I  baited a

The only thing worse than being a spinster is being a twice-jilted spinster. At twenty-five, Catherine Morgan is hardly an old maid, but she’s given up on marriage and instead manages the family’s general store in the small town of Revenge, Ohio. Bound by a promise to care for her three sisters until they marry, she’ll do anything it takes to

Fear or procrastination? I’ve discovered the two are related.  There’s a book I’m trying to write between books, if that makes sense. I turned in a manuscript then signed a contract last week for the second book in the series and plan to begin writing on that in September. So, I had a month–A MONTH–to work on my big project.

What do running, home schooling and writing have in common? They’re all painful. I recently tried to explain to a writing friend why I run, because honestly, it’s very painful, on the knees and hips and joints and it’s hard to keep going–nothing like the Energizer bunny. So why do I do it?  Then it hit me–I really think you’ve got

Welcome to the CSFF Blog Tour for OffWorld. I usually read the CSFF Blog Tour books as soon as I get them in the mail, putting everything else aside because I’m eager to get my head into another one. But this time I was so busy that I forgot. Something prompted my memory last Thursday which–in my world–isn’t enough time

Have you read Deborah Vogts new book, Snow Melts in Spring? The writing is smooth as honey and if you never thought Kansas had anything to offer, think again. Deborah writes with a country voice, almost historical, but true country, the heartland does have a tendency to take us back, to slow us down. And that’s what we hear in