So, August is Romance Appreciation month! Hello romance!!!! I love books, but what I also love, are movies. Here are my top 10 romantic comedies. 50 first dates By far my favorite romantic comedy. Hilarious and heartwarming. Groundhog day This one is classic. The inability to escape the same day replaying over and over, even … More Top 10 romantic comedies
Everyone has their dreaded bookish pet peeves. Something that annoys, or grates on your nerves when you’re reading or writing, or whatever. My biggest pet peeve when reading: Books that are poorly edited. I used to waste my time wading through hoping it would improve. I’ve learned to just put it down. My biggest pet peeve … More #IWSG Wednesday: Bookish pet Peeves
Every writer encounters writer’s block. That dreaded moment while working on your work in progress when you hit those “doldrums” There are countless ways you can beat writer’s block and many authors/bloggers have written their own lists of advice prior. Here are just a few tips I’ve pulled from my own experience, as well … More 5 tips to combat Writer’s Block
#Free RIGHT NOW at the time of this blog post! … More Counted with the stars: Book Review
What I finished reading: Counted with the Stars: an EXCELLENT biblical fiction story from the viewpoint of an Egyptian slave during the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. It was beautifully written, and thought provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed it.’ Book Review here: Surrendered Hearts: A contemporary Christian romance. I also thoroughly enjoyed this book; well … More WWW Wednesday July Wrap up
I confess, when beginning this blog series, I thought it would be interesting to go from my strengths directly to my weakness. I’m still deciding where to place this particular entry in the series: This was one of the lowest scoring love languages for me. I’m both terrible at giving gifts and terrible at receiving … More The 5 love languages: Receiving gifts
It’s been a while since I’ve posted so let’s see if I can remember everything I’ve read without repeating myself. Honestly, I thought I posted this post two weeks ago, but apparently it was lost somewhere in cyberspace…. I have no idea what happened… Anyway, if you want to join in, or check out a … More WWW Wednesday: June wrap up
If you haven’t heard, #WIPjoy is back and if you’re on Twitter, you SERIOUSLY need to check out this hashtag event. I loved today’s prompt/questions so much I thought i’d share everything all at once with those of you who might not peruse #WIPjoy’s thread. The two main characters from my third book are Matt … More #WIPjoy and Character Aesthetics
Midway through high school, I learned about the 5 love languages. I took a (paper) quiz in order to determine what my love language was. I don’t really even remember what the results were back then, honestly. In case you’ve never ever heard of the 5 love languages, they are as follows Words of affirmation … More The 5 love languages: Quality time
When I edit a book, running through draft number whatever (let’s say 4 or 5 or 10?) I leave some things the way they are. Other things I change, I enhance, I sharpen the writing, I bring in more details, or maybe cut out writing with too much details. At the end, the final product … More Tuesday Tidbits: Life is like a Work in Progress
