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Be There Bedtime Stories is offering a free recording today only. Click on over to their site and see how to take advantage of it.

I am visiting with Beverly Stowe McClure over at The Story of a Writer. Please stop by and say hi.

GAP Family Blog announced great news for The Weaver and many other GAP books at Amazon today.

I have a date for my local book signing event!  Yippee!! If you are anywhere near Central Oregon February 10th, I’d love for you to come by.

What a difference a year makes.  At the close of 2009, I called out to all my online writer friends to suggest books for my to-be-read list for 2010. I got a LOT of great suggestions. Read many of them.

Yet this year, I didn’t need to raise my virtual hand and ask my question. Why? Because now I belong to Goodreads.  I love Goodreads!  I don’t ( Read more... )

Holy Blank Blog, Batman!

Where does the time go? What have I been up to?  Has it really been more than a week since I last posted?  I suspect a time eating wormhole.

I cannot think of any divine words of writing wisdom to share, so instead I am going to share a lot of nonsense.

Nonsense Number Uno:

This CRACKS me up! Did anyone else know this? 
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Are you familiar with the saying, “I know just enough to get myself in trouble?”  That applies to my relationship with computers.  Just when I consider myself savvy, someone mentions something they are doing that I’ve never even heard of before and others reply as though they’ve been using this particular tool for ages.  Sigh.  I’m blessed to know ( Read more... )

Last year I gave up on goals.  For years prior, I’d made specific, quantifiable goals that were intended to lead me to certain successes only to be discouraged at the end of the year when I’d always completed my end of the bargain but hadn’t achieved much of anything because of it.  So last year I decided not to set the specific quantifiable list ( Read more... )

I was browsing blogs one day when I happened upon a post by Margot Finke that mentioned there was going to be a gathering of Guardian Angel Publishing Authors and Illustrators in Central Oregon.  I raised my hand and waited for Margot to call on me, “I live in Central Oregon!” I wanted to declare.  But she couldn’t see me, so I posted a reply to ( Read more... )

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A very sweet Mother’s Day contest from SFC offering some very nice prizes.  You should enter.  Time is short.  Enter by May 4th.

Like Verla Kay doesn’t do enough for us children’s writers already, have you visited her info packed blog?!  Amazing.

Show me your Indies and I’ll show you mine J…Camalli Book Company

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