Category Archives: Writing Life

On being a writer

Wednesday Words: By the Number

For a change of pace, #1lineWed decided to do a day based on page numbers. So, words from page 23, 123, 223 or considering the date, 323. LOL Except most of us don’t have 323 pages in our WIPs. So…I’m … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats: Fall Fare in the Spring

I saved this recipe last fall and it sort of got lost in the shuffle. Then I found it again and decided that it might make a pretty tasty Easter breakfast. While the blueberry syrup is homemade, I’d probably make … Continue reading

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Ides of Monday

Well, except when we take a weekend off–even if that “weekend” is in the middle of the week. I did take Saturday off. I was scheduled to go to the OKRWA reunion but Friday night’s activities left me in less … Continue reading

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Friday Sinema: Hunting Hemsworth

How did I not know about this movie until last week?!?!?! I have a major fangirl crush on Chris Hemsworth and when Charlize Theron is bad, she is so very deliciously evil. And a fairy tale! What’s not to love!!!

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I’m Irish Today

My mother was a Ryan on one side and a West on the other. My dad had Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish ancestors. I grew up thinking I was probably pretty much the same, given I was adopted and the … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words: Now

Changing things up a bit because MOONSTRUCK: LIES released yesterday so I’m not giving y’all new words from a WIP but words from the new book. Almost the same, right? 😉 This is a snippet that always makes me laugh … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats – St. Patrick’s Day Donuts

Come Thursday, we’re all a little bit Irish. I don’t know about y’all, but I’m always a lot about donuts! When I discovered this recipe, I danced an Irish jig because it’s the best of both! In fact, I may … Continue reading

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Monday, DST Style

Have I mentioned how much I absofreakinglutely hate with fork-stabby-eyed hatred Daylight Savings Time? I didn’t see the reason for it back when it was first started during the energy crisis of the 70s. I remember the gas lines. I … Continue reading

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Saturday Sale and Stuffs

Don’t forget to pre-order MOONSTRUCK: LIES at the special price of $3.99. It will go up a week after it’s release date of March 15th! And other stuffs… The Moonstruck world keeps expanding. First, it was only the Moonstruck novels … Continue reading

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Friday Sinema: Biggest Silence

I was a huge Simon and Garfunkel fan when I was young. I even saw them in concert at the old Fieldhouse on the OU campus when I was in high school. Their “Sounds of Silence” was a song I … Continue reading

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