I just made progress on Shattered Souls: Where Angels and Demons Collide! So far I'm 23% complete on the Editing phase. 17 Days remain until the deadline. [mybookprogress progress="0.225" phase_name="Editing" deadline="1517356800" book="1" book_title="Shattered Souls: Where Angels and Demons Collide" bar_color="CB3301" cover_image="646"]
I always enjoy getting to know other mystery authors, and sharing them with you. This month we meet Julie Howard, author of the Wild Crime series. Julie has published a number of short stories, and edited and co-produced a memoir by former Hewlett-Packard executive, Ray Smelek. Before settling down into…
Julie Weston grew up in Idaho and practiced law for many years in Seattle, Washington. Her debut fiction, Moonshadows, A Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery, was published in 2015, and was a finalist in the May Sarton Literary Award. This book was followed by Basque Moon in 2016, which recently…
I'll be at the Eagle Saturday Market, May 20th, from 10am-2pm, sharing a booth with Rochelle Cunningham. We have our books for sale, and we'll even autograph them for you! We also have handmade goodies, pens, pencils, and magic wands! I'll have my bags of crystals for sale too. Come…
As I sat in my comfortable chair this morning, sipping my chai latte and reading a Nora Roberts' novel The Obsession, it occurred to me how much my mother has influenced my life. Many of my favorite authors now, were her favorite authors too. Nora Roberts, Tony Hillerman, and of course-J.…
Alfred Hitchcock, the undisputed master of suspense, once said, "There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it." Set up a character goal Have a character talk about the future Set up a secret plan Have a character be warned Establish dramatic irony, a.k.a. 'reader superior…
But take your brain with you. I watched my cat chase a squirrel up to the top of a tree once. The squirrel was much faster that my fat cat, and got away. Then my cat found himself way up in the tree, squirrel-less, and higher than he felt comfortable…
I often hear the comment, "why does everything have to be so difficult?". Is life really that difficult? Or do we make it that difficult. The fact is, life is what we make it. The outcome is a result of our beliefs, our attitudes and our choices. Do you make…
Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Have you ever had a situation in your life where you were unhappy and needed a change, but didn't know how to create the change? You can keep hitting your head against the wall,…
When I was a little girl, we lived in a very tiny trailer. My bedroom was not a separate room, but a small built-in bed on one side of a hallway as you went to the actual bedroom at the end. This was when I was around age 5. My…