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Back to School/Back to Revising & Best of August

It’s back to school week here for my kids. I find this time of year more inspiring work-wise than the new year, honestly. When I was a kid, Fall was our chance to try on different parts of our personality as we experienced new friends, subjects, and interests. Each year was a new beginning filledContinue reading “Back to School/Back to Revising & Best of August”

My Favorite Things: January 2024

Typically, January seems to drag for me — the slow winter blah after a hectic holiday season. But this past month, not so much! I had two big things happening this past week that kept the sand speeding through the hourglass and somehow we’ve reached the end already. Here’s hoping that February has a moreContinue reading “My Favorite Things: January 2024”

My Bookshelf: Blind Turn by Cara Sue Achterberg

I was thrilled to receive a copy of Blind Turn from fellow WFWA member Cara Sue Achterberg. It was the perfect book to dive into on a cold weekend with nowhere to go (isn’t that every weekend lately? Never thought I’d actually miss those crazy weekends of kid sports and family commitments and birthday partiesContinue reading “My Bookshelf: Blind Turn by Cara Sue Achterberg”

My Bookshelf: The Bride and Doom by Erin Scoggins

The leaves and the temperatures are finally falling here in North Carolina making it the perfect time to snuggle up with a good book. Okay, I’ll read any time anywhere, but fall provides the perfect excuse for grabbing a blanket and losing myself in a story while the boys in my house watch hours ofContinue reading “My Bookshelf: The Bride and Doom by Erin Scoggins”

My Book Shelf: A Good Neighborhood, Therese Anne Fowler

I read “A Good Neighborhood” by Therese Anne Fowler over the weekend. I am a big fan of Fowler’s “Z” about Zelda Fitzgerald and enjoyed “A Well Behaved Woman” about Ava Vanderbilt and her place in one of America’s wealthiest families. This book is a departure from not only the historical fiction genre she typicallyContinue reading “My Book Shelf: A Good Neighborhood, Therese Anne Fowler”