Hi Everyone -

I hope you had a great 4th of July!  Hopefully  I'll have some pictures to share soon from our little celebration.  Thank you to all the military families out there who give of themselves tirelessly for their country.  I admire your sacrifice and your commitment!  Thank you!!!

I have a very busy 2 weeks coming up.  I'm leaving on ( Read more... )

Hi everyone!

I had a crazy busy weekend, and then went to the Del mar Fair and got quite a lobster burn!  Youch!

Anyway, with the passing of Michael Jackson I watched lots of tributes and we watched our DVD of his music videos, and I wasn't really feeling the Comedy Tonight topic, so I ended up thinking...  Flash Fiction...  Murder in 250 words or ( Read more... )

Hi Everyone -

I had a busy week, but everything got eclipsed this weekend.  Ken's cousin passed away after a very long battle with cancer, and while I didn't ever get the chance to meet her in person, he's shared many stories with me about her.  She sounded like an amazing lady, and I wish I could have met her.

It's tough to see the man I care  ( Read more... )

Hi Everyone!

I had a great writing week!  I'm just over 37,000 words on Moonlight (149 pages)  Only about 3,000 more words to the halfway point!  YAY!

Once I hit halfway, I need to focus back on the revisions for Night Walker so I can be ready for the writer's conference in DC next month...  Whee!

Thanks again to all of you for your support every week ( Read more... )

Hi everyone!

I hope you had a great week!  Thanks for all your comments about the sneak peek into Moonlight!  I got a few thousand more words written last week and I should be halfway by next weekend!!!  YAY!!!! :)

For this week's story, I saw the Eiffel Tower in the bonus points, and though I would write a French tale, which grew into starting a ( Read more... )

Hi Everyone!

It was a busy week!  I finally got the feedback from the editor who judged Night Walker in the finals of the contest.  I was worried because the contest coordinator told me the editor from Dorchester had given me "tough" comments.

They weren't "tough" so much as honest and helpful!  Plus most of her feedback reinforced the revisions I' ( Read more... )

Hi Everyone!

Thanks so much for all the encouragement last week!  I'm sorry I got so down, but it happens sometimes, and I'm trying to keep my road to getting my books published real.

You get to see the ups and sadly the downs.

But on to happier things!  I've been making progress on the new book, Moonlight, and I'm very excited about the way it's ( Read more... )

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!  I went to brunch with my family and my grandparents.  We all consumed way too much food and enjoyed a chocolate fountain.

Life is good!
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Hi everyone -

Thanks SO much for stopping by my anniversary blog last week!  It was great to hear from so many of you again!
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Hi Everyone!

Thank you SO much for stopping by my blog!!!

This blog marks 52 weeks of stories for me!!!  I started on this journey last year when I was sick of trying to get published.  My spirit was broken and I couldn't sit still and write.  At times I thought I may have forgotten how.

A few years ago, I was on the board for Word|San Diego magazine ( Read more... )