So, this morning, I came across this article about red heads being discriminated against in England, just because they have red hair. To be honest, even though I lived there, I never knew that. For years I was a red head by choice, although, my coloring left most...

Yesterday, I read this post on another writer's live journal. It got me thinking about teens and how they are often targeted for harassment in public places. If too many of them are hanging out together, people start giving them dirty looks. If they shop as a group,...

#2 - Best friends with red hair Hi, Everyone. My article, Red Hair Is Not As Uncommon As You Think just came out in the new Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators newsletter. I'm not sure exactly at what point I can post it on my site, but if you're not a...

As a friend, I like to support my friends and their kids. As a writer, I like to go places I would never think to go and take notes. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to do both. My husband and I went to a youth agricultural show where our friends' daughter, Mary...

Yesterday I printed out the almost final draft of my new book. It is tentatively called POPULAR BY ASSOCIATION. That's how it will go to my agent anyway. I've learned a bit about titles lately though. My agent's assistant contacted me last week to ask if I minded if...

Good morning, all! I still have a few free books to give away, so if you're interested, drop me a line via the contact page, reply to this post, or post something on Need To Read, and you'll be entered to win. Have a great week!

I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this, but I forgot to blog again. I guess it was just having those three weeks off. I have something BIG and EXCITING and TIME CONSUMING going on in my life right now, which is great, but I'm easily distracted. It might be that I blog...

This link will take you to a rather long piece I wrote two years ago about the birds here in Tennessee and how I've come to love them. It's not funny, but it's kind of sweet. I did what I usually do with nonfiction, try one or two markets and then just forget to send...

I'm a bit slow out of the starting gate as it's already almost 6pm on Wednesday! I have an excuse though. Today was my husband's last day performing in the play, Smoke On The Mountain Homecoming which he's been doing since February and I went to see it. He's been...

Walden Pond - Buy this print here How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. - Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Reading, 1854 If you're a reader, what else is there to talk about this week besides Harry Potter? I was reading...

Hi, All. Did you miss me? Well, I'm back this week. I had a nice break and the kitchen cabinets look fabulous. Still work to do, but I've handed it all off to installation people. I may be making some adjustments to my daily posts as I've given away most of the books...

Well, the break is almost over, but I couldn't help writing today since I had an interesting animal story to add to my Thursday Humor column. Although, it's not what you would call funny, just a cool story. And it didn't happen to me, I read about it, although I wish...