It snowed last night! Ah, winter! My favorite time to be an author. There’s nothing like being all cozy and warm at your computer, working on your manuscript, cup of coffee or cocoa at your side, and being able to look out the window at the falling snow. Makes life seem just a little bit more magical.
Yah for snow!!!
In the western genre, what is your opinion of adding angels and ghosts? Has this been done before? Has it been overdone?
Does including angels and ghosts make the western less realistic and make it more like a fantasy book?
Beautiful short story by the very talented, Dani Vedsted!
“Peter please don’t go!” Mia sobbed into the sleeve of her white lacy dress.
Peter closed the door with a sigh and came to stand beside his fiancée, cupping his hands around her face. “Mia, my love, do not cry. I have been summoned to war, yes, but I will only be gone for a few months. I promise I will see you soon.” And with that he disappeared through the door.
Mia wiped her cheek with the palm of her hand and stretched her wings. She had better check on her sister, Lydia.
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“No!” Mia heard her oldest sister screaming, “You can’t go! No!”
“I love you.” was her husband’s rushed reply before he breezed out the door and past Mia.
“Great.” Mia groaned as she entered Lydia’s living room. “Lydia? It’s me, Mia. Where are you?”
“Go away.” Her sister replied from…
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My poem from the Community Storyboard.
Life’s a daze
A non-stop, fast-paced maze.
So hard to choose which path to take.
Single decision can make or break.
Pounding hearts and stolen looks.
Love, true and false, sinks in its hooks.
Growing older and growing up
Live life to the fullest, don’t see an empty cup.
Take a chance or take a dare.
But never take more than your share.
Give and take.
Leave nothing but happiness in your wake.
Only here for awhile.
Don’t let yourself live in denial.
I’ll try it one day…
That’s what we all say.
But don’t wait.
Do it now before it’s too late.
Do what you love and love who you will.
Always follow what you, in your heart, feel.
Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I’ve been busy with my ranching life, and that’s the reason I’ve been absent so much. The cows are now down off the mountain, and we loaded up the trucks with calves yesterday and they’re now on their way to market. Now comes the task of building fence and trying to keep the cows home. I don’t know how much I’ll be around, but I have every intention of catching up with my Reader on of these days.
Also, my computer decided that it had lived its life to the fullest and has gone to join all the other good computers of days passed. Yep. My laptop crashed on me, taking all my files with it. Thank goodness I made copies of all my work this spring, so all was not lost. This morning I was told that I was no fun to be around the day of the ‘accident’. Apparently I was in a bit of a bad mood. But, I have a new computer now, and am doing my best to figure it out so I can hopefully get back to work soon.
So, for those of you I was beta reading for, my apologies, but all my notes, and the documents/files themselves are gone. I am very, very sorry.
This has taught me to back up my files more regularly, and not to forget to update the anti-virus software.
Oh well. Live and learn.
So many of the best things in life you must wait for. You can’t have them instantly or it would end up being less special.
For example, it you’re a coffee drinker, you can make a pot of coffee in about ten minutes. Not much of a wait. And maybe that makes drinking coffee more of a habit than a treat. I suppose that we all might feel differently if it took two months to brew a single cup of coffee.
Of course, there are lots of other things you don’t have to wait long for, and they are still special. But the big things in life takes time. Christmas, a job promotion, getting your new house ready to move in to, and possibly the most special thing (at least to us authors) is writing a book. A good book doesn’t happen overnight. Months, and sometimes even years, are put into a single book (as well as an uncountable number of cups of coffee). But when the book is finished and you’re holding the end result in your hands, it makes every single waiting minute worth it.
The only bad thing is, no sooner do you finish waiting for one thing, when there comes something else in your life to wait for. One book edited and formatted, and a dozen others begging you for attention. Sigh. Such is the life of an author.
Happy waiting, everyone! 🙂
My interview by the lovely Kristen Hope Mazzola.!
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