As you can tell from the picture, I am ready for summer to be over. I love the chilly, crisp gray days that arrive in October and I hope that…
Protected: Displacement: A Sylvia Wilcox Mystery-Prologue
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Week Five in Review: Successes, Opportunities For Improvement, and Tips For Indie Authors
The weekly update is late because I have been working hard to complete the first draft of my next novel, Displacement. Last week was full of learning and success! I…
Visiting Lincoln’s Tomb
I hear a great deal about people visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., but I don’t hear a lot about visits to Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, Illinois. During our…
10 Reasons Why I Quit Teaching
Today is the second day of the school year for my old comrades at the charter school I worked at last year. My final day was in January of this…
The Ames Monument
My husband and I like weird little haunts, off the beaten path places that few people visit, or see the wonder in exploring. In June we packed a cooler full…
The Indie Author Journey: Working Around Roadblocks
*Disclosure: This website contains some affiliate links, and at no cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. After publishing Who…
I’m Working Here! The Value of Doing Nothing
Writers write. I know that’s a necessary truth, but writers, as well as every other person, regardless of profession, also need periods when they are not doing anything. This is…