Here are the archives of nearly all my posts. I left out the ones that were irrelevant from early on, but for the most part, everything is here. They are from most recent back to the beginning. Enjoy!
Well, duh! A look at cutting myself some slack
Front Page News – my resurrected acting career
My wedding cake story
Sometimes Quitting is good – quitting blogs
Does Plotting While I Walk Count As Writing?
Lucky Me!
Words Matter – Take a Pass
I have a plan
Simon & Schuster want a piece of the movie pie
Less Reading Is More
Don’t Tell Me What To do – about my article
Music and Writing – Part Two
Music and Writing
Five reasons I don’t mind that I’m writing less…
A surreal conversation about characters in my books
My article is in The Writer!
Tying ends together
Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter
Five Sites I Like
Wildlife Everywhere
Looking for a magic solution when trying to write
Take My Hand and Follow Me
The Weekend..a new experience!
Is it the element of story?
Action! Casting the movie of my book.
Suntan anyone?
I’m guest blogging on my husband’s blog
Five places that books have made me want to visit
The difference a year makes
Age appropriate material, or not?
A wander down memory lane
Five reasons why I prefer YA over adult books
My experience outlining for the first time
Where I live – A week of photos
A long and rambling tale about John Rowe Townsend and other things
Picture This!
Five things that seem easy for everyone else but not so much for me!
My agent loves my revisions…
The price of a good book
Cowboys and Sheriffs (or writers and editors)
When Cats Get Spoiled – an essay
Forty Things I’m Grateful For
Roles in life, roles in writing
Why I don’t buy books
Bookworm on a break
One True Love
Missing Miss Snark
Patience Grasshopper – Let’s hear it for the agents!
Tagged
Friday Five
Magic Hat
Sunday Lunch
First Ever Friday Five
What Next?
The time between & Titles
Animal Humour – What’s that in them thar trees?
Author creativity vs. reader’s annoyance
Vacation and snow in April?
Think and Grow Rich – if I must!
The work before the party
I’m about to surface again
The home stretch
Burning the midnight oil
Red Hair Be Gone! (do check the date of this when you read it though)
How dedicated are you to your writing?
Never ever trust this cat!
You couldn’t pay me to live here
Welcome to a Q&A with Elana Roth
Keep It Simple Sweetie!
An interview with Alan Gratz
Thursday’s animal essay
Because you told me to
Where I guest blog on Eileen Cook’s site
Knitting and writing
Please welcome Carol Culver
The return of the animal essay
Writing the hook
It’s that sort of year
An interview with Eileen Cook
Who says boys don’t read?
Books for boys vs books for girls
The perils of junior high
Irresponsible characters
Choosing character names
Something old? Something new?
First sale of the year
Bridge to success
Patience
Santy’s got nothing on me!
A new kind of censorship
Resting on my laurels
Links to my husband playing with his band at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville
First impressions
$7 haircut
The big blue chair
Gimmicks vs. originality (in writing)
The End!
Circles
If you’re a writer…
Writing without junk food?
Really, really cute picture of Sophie
Writing in the woods
Interview with Wendie Old
Working around a mess
And she’s off!
Fast cat
All screwed up! Assembling a writing desk.
The conference I didn’t go to
Synopsis
Never pick out paint when you’re tired
Don’t whinge, just write
Be careful what you promise
Moving – a popular plot
Story ideas abound
Autumn is my kinda thing
I’ve been packed for shipping
Wedding cake humour
Remodel vs. Writing
Fifteen Things You Didn’t Know About Mosquitoes
A way cool idea for a summer job (for teens)
Thursday Humour
Police in the schools
Writing without a desk
Thursday humour – moonlighting
More about red hair
Teen Topic- Harassment
Red Hair Is Not As Uncommon as You Think (first version)
Mary Katherine Has a Little Lamb
Titles
Animal Thursday – Bird Watching For My Soul
An interview with Kathy Erskine
Humour – Chipmunk Herding
An interview with Arthur Slade
Thursday Humour – Sweet and Innocent? Ha!
Stop! That’s junk!
Teen Topic – Will this be you?
Featured Author – John Rowe Townsend
Eagle Spotting!
The Timer
Reading for Revenge
What I Learned from the Betsy-Tacy Books
Humour – The Gosling
Seasonal Writer
Teen Topic – Scientific America
An interview with Dori Butler
Author interview – Anne Marie Pace
Author interview – Cynthia Cheng
Lower Your Expectations
Teen Topic – Teens Push For Green Power
Author Interview – Me!
Humour – more animals, more laughs!
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