Book Club TONIGHT! As The Pages Turns, our book club will still meet tonight at 7 pm, at Starbucks on Hopper in Santa Rosa. Thedevilinpewnumberseven.com It will be a newbie night. We can talk about what we want book club to look like, what books we would like to read, and just enjoy an evening out.We are still reading the book The Devil in Pew Number 7, but will hold off reviewing it until our next meeting. I really want to make sure everyone who wants to participate can. This first meeting is important to establish what kind of book club…
Archives for 2012
How do you define happiness?
“Happiness is not so much in having as it is in sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”Experiences in life can be so much fun when we relive them. Summer camp is one of those moments in time we remember forever. I know in my house we hear all year long about the different escapades from camp; cabin pranks, games like Human Clue, or having to stand on a table and sing the song, ‘I’m a Little Tea Pot” in order to get your care package. Without fail, something…
Roller Coasters…No Thank you.
I decided roller coasters were not my thing several years ago. I worry too much now about the “What If’s.”I think because I have something to lose. What if it the coaster comes off the tracks while I am on it and I die… who will take care of my family?” The Mt. Hermon Writing Conference was an amazing experience but it easily compared to those roller coasters I am not so crazy about; It had many up’s, my manuscript was very well received, Standard Publishing is looking at it as we speak , it is in the hands of…
The Winner Is….
“Drum Roll Please! And the winner is…” Saying good-bye to Liberty Jane has been a mourning process of sorts for me. I know to a lot of you, it might seem trivial. However, Liberty Jane was a character I had written about for almost a year and grown to love. So, it was difficult for me when I had to change the name Jane. It was not just her middle name; she was called Liberty Jane as if it was her firstname. Trying to pick a new name, wasn’t happening. I must confess, these last 6 weeks Liberty ? has…
The Jennifer (Author) Diaries: Day 52–Carbonite: An Author’s Best Friend
Author and friend Jennifer Alvarez has been amazingly helpful encouraging me as I navigate the road to publication. Her debut novel, The Pet Washer was released at the end of 2011. It is a fabulous book! If you have a daughter, sister, niece or friend ages 9-12 years old, I would highly recommend it. She is also blogging her challenge to do one thing a day for 365 days (366 actually because of Leap Year) to market her book and brand. Knowing I had recently lost some of my edited chapters, she came to my aid yet again, sharing with me one of the…