Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

  I just read SUITE SCARLETT by Maureen Johnson. I wasn’t really sure what to expect because while I loved her book, THE BURMUDEZ TRIANGLE, I was kind of lukewarm about her others (although she’s got a zillion fans so it’s just my taste, I guess)....

A Stitch in Time…

I have taken procrastination to a new level. No, not with my writing…with my knitting. For the last few days I have been knitting swatches like a madwoman for a knitting workshop I took today. As my dear friend,Eileen Cook, so helpfully reminded me...

The Sprinkler Effect

My friend Alix told me the other day that she was thinking of doing NaNoWriMo. In the end, she signed up for Seventy Days of Sweat instead. Same idea, more time. She’s never written and novel, but has the time, is a good writer, and had the inclination. I...

Three Strikes and You’re Out!

I’ve had a few strikeouts in the reading department lately, so nothing much to write about. One was a NBA nominee that I got about 80 pages into, but still didn’t really care by then, so I let that one go back to the library. Another was a recommended...

Leaving the house…

I know I’ve been blogging a lot lately, and I don’t intend to keep up quite this pace, but this relates to writing and I wanted to share. My husband has been gently nudging me to leave the house more. It’s true, left to my own devices, I can go an...