I love bird watching. Either sitting on the patio and watching the birds around the feeders or simply leaning against a window inside and gazing out at the beautiful creatures. I’m not sure why I am so attracted to birds. Perhaps it’s because of their simple lives. Or their natural instinct for survival. For whatever […]
What do you fill your vessel with? Read More »
If you are ready for romance, pick up Second Chance Brides by Vickie McDonough! Another fabulous novel by Vickie, you will not be disappointed 🙂 Backcover copy: Two mail-order brides are stuck in Lookout, Texas, when the man they came to marry weds someone else. With many men in town and few women, marriage proposals
Book Review : Second Chance Brides Read More »
I adored Head in the Clouds and the characters! Karen Witemeyer is a born storyteller. Backcover copy: Adelaide Proctor longs to find a real-life storybook hero to claim as her own. But when a husband-hunting debacle leaves her humiliated, she interviews for a governess position on a remote Texas sheep ranch and vows to leave
Book Review : Head in the Clouds Read More »
This was one of those books that I kept getting interrupted during. I didn’t have the opportunity to read it straight through like I enjoy, but that didn’t change how into the characters I was when I picked up Love Finds You in Miracle Kentucky to finish it! Backcover copy: Anything can happen when you
Book Review : Love Finds You in Miracle, Kentucky Read More »
When editing, look at your specific or action verbs to spice up your manuscript. Don’t have a character walk into a room, have them stroll or rush–that allows the reader to feel what the character is doing. Deanna Carlyle has a wonderful list that might either help you with a fresh and active verb or
Multipublished author Alice J. Wisler creates real and believable characters in Hatteras Girl. Backcover copy: There are two things twenty-nine-year-old Jackie Donovan asks God for: an honest, wonderful man to marry, and to own a bed-and-breakfast in the Outer Banks region. In the meantime, Jackie works for Lighthouse Views magazine, writing articles about other local
Book Review : Hatteras Girl Read More »
Love Finds You in Treasure Island Florida would be the perfect beach read! I read it in central North Carolina in the fall, wish I had that to do over again! Backcover copy: Amanda Burns owns a bicycle shop in Treasure Island, Florida but she almost never has time to enjoy the charming town or
Book Review : Love Finds You in Treasure Island, Florida Read More »
We started the trip on the Staten Island Ferry. The trip was free and we saw many NYC sights, including the Statue of Liberty. After checking into our hotel, we walked to the subway and traveled to American Girl, an awesome store if you have a little girl. Then we took a carriage ride around
Sigtseeing in New York City Read More »
While in NYC over the weekend, we had the opportunity to see Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway! What a wonderful experience. We were seated in the center at the back of section A under the balcony. Spoiler alert : When Mary Poppins flies – the folks in the balcony can see
Review of Mary Poppins on Broadway Read More »
I attended Scene Therapy by Susan May Warren and Rachel Hauck for my continuing education class at the 2010 ACFW conference. Tension is what drives a novel. And they showed the participants how to create tension in each and every scene. I’m not going through every thing that was taught in the class, but I
ACFW conference – craft classes Read More »