My website promises to bring you along on my publishing journey, so here we go. I’m independently publishing a fairy tale called A Dress To Remember. This post will provide some background on why I’m doing it this way and how it’s going. The Decision In 2021, after having no…
Writing
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NaNoWriMo 2022
NaNoWriMo 2022 is coming! Yes, November is National Novel Writing Month and I’m participating again. This year, I’m writing a middle-grade fantasy called THE HAUNTED CAROUSEL. It’s part of the Brass Ring Series, which includes THE MAGIC CAROUSEL (formerly Rust Boy and the Brass Ring) and THE CHRISTMAS CAROUSEL. The…
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Memory Lane Park
Earlier this year, I accepted the challenge to write a short piece with the theme of thrills and chills, and that led to “Memory Lane Park.” The Florida Writers Association (FWA) publishes an annual collection of member-written short fiction, essays, and poems related to a common theme. For 2022, the…
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Carousel Acres
What is Carousel Acres? It’s a 15 acre horse ranch north of Brooksville, Florida, that I call home. To Begin… I live on a horse ranch, complete with a ranch-style house, barn, shed, fencing and pastures for my three horses. It’s a long way from where I started, but the…
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Six Lessons for Writers from the Garden
While I was pulling weeds this morning, I realized there are six lessons for writers from the garden. I created the garden three years ago to give myself a quiet writer’s retreat. It had not fulfilled that role until this morning. When I yanked yet another weed from the ground,…