Friday Fictioneer: True Love

This Friday Fictioneer was inspired by a comment draliman make on my last post, Friday Fictioneer: Secrets Untold  *** Sam was in high power upper management. Lori was a curator at the Louvre.… Continue reading →

Novel Update

I promised to be back by now, but things have not worked out as planned. I’m not sure how I managed to do it, but I did finish all the rewrites and new… Continue reading →

Friday Fictioneers: Stuffed Animal

Lydia’s visiting neighbor was standing by the sliding door looking outside. “What’s Mattie doing?” “She’s pretending to be Daddy,” Lydia said. “And why does her father do?” “In layman’s’ terms, he splices genes… Continue reading →

Friday Fiction: The Dress

“You ready?” “Almost.” “You excited?” “Like a 16 year old girl on the night of her social debut.” She giggled. He smiled proudly. “You certainly deserve the award.” “I certainly do. All that… Continue reading →

Fiction Friday: Don’t Touch

Friday Fictioneers is a challenge to write a 100 word story from a picture prompt. It’s hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, anyone can play.  Check out the link at the end of my story… Continue reading →

Fiction Friday: Hornet’s Net

Friday Fictioneers is a challenge to write a 100 word story from a picture prompt. It’s hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, anyone can play.  Check out the link at the end of my story… Continue reading →

I’m Back With An Update

I’ve been away for the last two weeks and have posted very little. During that time, I’ve been rereading my novel The People of Akiane. I’m getting it ready to give to a… Continue reading →

Friends and Writing Groups

It is said, writing a novel is a lonely job. Maybe so, but we would not succeed without family, friends, writing groups: those who read our drafts and give honest opinions. They save… Continue reading →

Character and Plot Twists

Ever make plans for your life? Set the path in motion and then something or some one unexpected comes along and rearranges your life? I went to college for Fine Arts. In the… Continue reading →

Strong Women Fictional Characters

While browsing blogs, JacInTheBox found an interesting article on Strong Women. I’ll let you read her post and find the original post that started this blog chain on Strong Women. Both are well… Continue reading →