Back when I started writing, advice frequently popped up in writing articles and workshops: “write what you know.” And, when I kept writing and eventually became published, some of the comments from acquaintances implied that this principle surely must be true: if I was writing scenes in a book, then I surely must have personally experienced those […]
Best laid plans…and starting over. Roxanne Rustand
Well….the thought was good, anyway! New resolutions, starting well before the beginning of the New Year: Get busy on a new book proposal right away after finishing the final round of edits on the last one. Dive right in. Obviously, I’d been a tad optimistic–figuring that I’d certainly be perfectly peppy after surgery in December, that […]
Christmas greetings from the Midwest–and An Aspen Creek Christmas give-away
Merry Christmas to you all! Here in the Midwest, it certainly looks like Christmas right now–we had a nice snowfall, but I’ll be hoping the pretty white ground cover will last until Christmas, because warmer temperatures are moving back in over the next few days. I’m typing this blog at our kitchen table, and took […]