Signups for the 2016 A to Z Blogging Challenge open on January 25th. If you are not familiar with the A to Z Blogging Challenge, you’re in for a treat — either as a reader or a blogger. You blog your way through the alphabet during the month of April, … Continue reading →
I’m looking for a fresh start for my web presence. For a long time, I reserved several domain names, tried to blog in different areas for different interests, but I’ve been feeling drawn to consolidating my interests in one area. It’s not quite as bad as you may think. I … Continue reading →
It’s time to look back on the year and assess what I’d planned to accomplish and what actually happened with those plans. I know this is going to be a wild ride, so hang onto your handrails, and let’s get going. I’m going to work counter to typical roller coaster … Continue reading →
Welcome back for November’s edition of the Merry Go Round Blog Tour. This month, we’re talking about our across the spectrum favorites from 2015. I believe I’ve fallen behind in documenting my reading both on the page here and on Goodreads. For nonfiction books, my top two were: Total Knee … Continue reading →
Welcome back to another installment of the Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour. I’ve been influenced by several writers. I’ve taken my friend Holly Lisle’s writing courses, which have helped me begin to learn the rudimentary approaches needed to write better fiction the first time around. I’ve worked closely with Stephen Bagley and … Continue reading →
What do I read? I used to like suspense technothrillers, but I haven’t been reading them as much in the last few years. Cozy mysteries are always good. I’ve been following a few romance series writers — Valerie Comer, Karen Rose Smith, Shannon Stacey, and MJ Fredrick come to mind. … Continue reading →
Our topic for this month is “what lessons I’ve learned from other story-telling genres.” Ummmmmmmm. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. I haven’t a clue how to discuss this. What are other story-telling genres? Video? Audio? Verbal? Generational? Correspondence? Email? Text message? Anecdotal? I have tried to incorporate some of those methodologies into my writing. … Continue reading →
Welcome to the heat of summer, MGRers. It sounds like an excellent time to stay inside and review where I stand in achieving my goals for the year as stated back in January. I already am cringing, because I am far, far from the planned route for the year. But … Continue reading →
Howdy! Welcome to the June Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour. We’re talking Beach Reads this month. I’m not heading to the beach this summer, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a perilously tall TBR pile. I’m currently reading something decidedly un-beach-like on my Kindle. John Taylor Gatto’s Dumbing Us Down: The … Continue reading →
Monica Jackson has been gone from us for three years. More specifically, three years and three days. A surgery gone bad, and an iconic author is no longer with us, leaving a daughter without a mother. Monica wrote romance. She wrote good, compelling stories, but she felt marginalized. And she … Continue reading →