Every morning on my way to work, thoughts just keep jumping into my head and I keep meaning to jot some of the ideas down, so I’m finally getting around to it. Each day, I pass by an elementary school, so I get to see the kids being dropped off by their parents and the crossing guards in action. When … Read More
And the Title goes to. . .
What is a book without a title? A collection of words that no one will read because they don’t know what to call it. I have completed writing the sequel to Misfit McCabe and am in the editing process. I have been struggling with the editing part because the book has lacked a title. You would think that someone who … Read More
Smelling the Roses
As I was leaving for work this morning in my usual rush, I went down the steps and rounded the corner to head for the car. All of a sudden after I had just passed them by, the words “take time to smell the roses” popped into my head. And, uncharacteristially, I stopped. What probably triggered that thought was that … Read More
Middle of e-Book Week
I can’t believe that Read an E-book week is half way over. This week is just flying by. Before you know it, the weekend will be over and it will be time to face one more Monday morning. The site sponsoring e-book week has a nice article posted by David Lieberman about the Future of E-Books so you might want … Read More
Facebook – Warming Up
I am warming up a little to Facebook. A lot of that has to do with finding more friends on Facebook than I was able to before. I am still frustrated by some of the restrictions with the site, but doing better. The thing that helped the most was having people from my high school alumni site start telling people … Read More
First Sale During E-Book Week
I’m quite excited to have my first Smashwords sale. I just signed up a couple days ago and today see my first e-book sale through Smashwords. Even better, it happened during Read an E-Book week. It makes me very happy to be able to participate in e-Book week in this way. I keep hoping for more Kindle sales, but young … Read More
Titans Best USM Eagles in 3 Games to Zip
Our beloved Titans hit the road this weekend, starting an 11 day trip in Hattiesburg, Mississippi where they took on the University of Southern Mississippi Eagles. The Eagles traveled to Goodwin Field to play the Titans for the first time last year, and we were able to complete a sweep of the Eagles then. While the team is looking stronger, … Read More
E-Book Week
March 8th signals the start of e-book week. Why is this so important? Well, as technology advances more and more devices are popping up to enable us to read a variety of material outside of the traditional confines of a printed book. While I was preparing my young adult offering, Misfit McCabe, for publication, Amazon.com was introducing the Kindle. I … Read More
Let’s Read
I can’t believe that it’s almost over and I almost missed it! March 2nd is NEA (National Education Association) Read Across America day, which focuses on motivating children to read. The date for the celebration was chosen to coincide with the birthday of that childhood favorite Dr. Suess. (It’s ok, you can still like Dr. Suess as an adult. . … Read More
Celebration Dance
I think I can finally come down from the clouds now. I finished writing the sequel to Misfit McCabe late Monday night, and inside have been dancing on table tops ever since. It is a fantastic feeling when you put that final period of a manuscript on the page.
Recharging the Batteries
While it may appear that I have been not posting many messages of late, appearances can be deceiving. Since this past Saturday, I have been working almost exclusively on articles for the blog, but haven’t yet published any of them. The reason is that I have been been reading and reviewing books for the Lulu Book Review and now am … Read More
The Writing Super Puppy Bowl
Well, Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone once again. Two teams hit the field, and the battle wages for the next 3 hours or better, and at the end a team is named champion. What I didn’t understand is that although my plan didn’t actually involve watching the game this year, that I too would be waging a battle, … Read More