The Vacation That Sort of Wasn’t…

My family went on a ski vacation in February to Sugar Mountain, North Carolina. It was beautiful and, after the first day, pleasant enough to enjoy. However, since I was trying to finish edits on my first novel, tentatively titled Echo, most of my vacation was spent working on tightening and clarifying long, descriptive chapters. Read More …

Why You Should Save Buttons

Saving buttons is an antiquated notion (pun intended). Most people who saved buttons in previous generations did so because town was too far to go and buy new ones and finances didn’t allow for the frivolity of matching fasteners. So, skilled and thrifty women chose the closest matching button from their stash to repair their Read More …

2013 FWA Writers Conference Info

I attended the Florida Writer’s Association 2013 Conference this weekend and came away with a long list of informative notes to share with anyone looking to use social media to help market and sell their books. This list is from the best presentation I attended on Saturday: “How to Network and Sell Your Book” by Read More …