Character Confession: Real Life Isn’t for Sissies
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Character Confession: Real Life Isn’t for Sissies

Last week on Facebook I shared how my husband and I evaluated the changes we’ve survived in the last year, and what we see coming. Loss of his mother Two job related changes Broken wrist, surgery, therapy Changing how we travel to NY (we usually go separate, he visits his dad and I visit my…

The Writer’s Double Burden: Marketing
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The Writer’s Double Burden: Marketing

It’s my week to stop by Christians Read and share my thoughts. This week I talked about marketing. The average reader probably doesn’t think about all an author needs to do to not just create a book, but persuade people it is worth buying. I also talked about my practice run into marketing. I’d love…

Sabbath Sunday: The Windy Road
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Sabbath Sunday: The Windy Road

  Each Sunday I take my own amateur nature picture and share a thought or two about God’s specific love through Christ for you. I’m originally from Steuben County in Upstate NY and for ten years, I worked for that county. We sometimes did home visits and you never knew what kind of road conditions…

Help! My Adirondack Picture Needs Your Vote
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Help! My Adirondack Picture Needs Your Vote

I need your help! A couple weeks ago I submitted a couple Adirondack summer pictures for a contest hosted by Charlie Johns, the actual store I based the store, JB’s, on in my story, Spectacular Falls. There weren’t rules, so I figured they would just look them over and pick a winner.   They picked…

Book Review: Don’t Let the Wind Catch You by Aaron Paul Lazar
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Book Review: Don’t Let the Wind Catch You by Aaron Paul Lazar

Don’t Let the Wind Catch You   When young Gus LeGarde befriends a cranky old hermit in the woods who speaks to an Indian spirit, he wonders if the man is nuts. But when the ghostly Penni rattles tin cups, draws on dusty mirrors, and flips book pages, pestering him to find evidence to avenge…