When I met E.C. Myers at Elisa Ludwig’s launch party for PRETTY CROOKED, he shared the elevator pitch for his upcoming novel, and I thought I might enjoy it. I didn’t know I was going to finish it within 24 hours and then go into withdrawal. In...
As a historical fiction author, I haven’t had to worry too much about using swear words in my writing. If a character peppers his speech with an occasional “damn” or “hell” in a 19th century setting, that was plenty of cursing for the context, and shocking...
A smile. An encouraging word. A thoughtful gesture. Each day people interact with us, help, and make our day a bit brighter and full. This is especially true in the Writing Community. Take a second to think about writers you know, like the critique partner who...
Our little condo on Jack Frost Mt.The last two weeks at my house were real humdingers. My husband was traveling for work, which left me solo to handle chauffeuring the daughters to and from their various events — including night rehearsals for the local...
Our third First Impressions for the month of May comes to us from Terry Lynn Johnson. It’s a middle grade adventure with a working title of THE GAME WARDEN’S DAUGHTER. Grandpa was the one who found me on the day Dad went missing. Of course it was...
