Kelly’s Charm is the first novella in my Seasons of Charm collection. It’s been so fun to re-visit the characters from Love Finds You in Charm, Ohio. If you read or watched Love Finds You in Charm, you already are familiar with Kelly Bennett, so today I want to introduce you to Jason Thompson. One […]
What’s in a Name?
William Shakespeare’s Juliet asked the question “What’s in a name?” And yet, writers spend quite a bit of time wrangling with names. Truth be told, I just may spend more time pondering the names of my imaginary characters than I ever did selecting the names of my children. Surely not. Maybe. I’ve developed several different […]
Let the Fireworks Begin!
Recently, I joined a few hundred others–and at least that many gnats and critters–along the banks of the Arkansas River to watch the annual Fourth of July spectacular. And it was…well..spectacular. We arrived early with comfortable chairs, cold drinks, mosquito spray, and our patience. Anticipation of the big event kept us swatting bugs, checking our […]
Imaginary Characters: Ain’t Misbehavin’ — or are they?
Writers often define themselves as plotters or pantsers. Plotters prefer to plot out their stories — beginning, middle, end — scene by scene. We know what’s going to happen to our imaginary characters in our detailed imaginary worlds. Pantsers advocate a write-by-the-seat-of-their-pants approach to stories, following the lead of their imaginary characters or their […]
My Favorite Firsts
I’m thrilled to be joining the amazing writers at InspyRomance! This is my debut post, and true to the title, coming up with something worthy to be called my first has been difficult! So in honor of this memorable (at least for me!) event, I want to talk about firsts. First loves, first dates, first…well, fill […]
Perfection?
I put feelers out about what to write for my inaugural post here at Inspy Romance. What does a reader want to read about on a blog written by Inspirational Romance Authors? I expected to see all sorts of responses, but the one that showed up in three different places where I ran my poll […]