Recently I visited Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World in FL with my family and one of the most breathtaking sights is the Tree of Life / garden. Within the trunk of this huge tree are carvings of every kind of animal. You can view it from any angle and take a...
My novel, Forgiving Tess, is the story of a young woman with a past who is just trying to move on. Unfortunately, with an entire town that appears to be against her, and an uncle who loves her enough to not let her run away and just disappear, moving on appears to be...
Question: What is the thing you love most about writing? “And they lived happily ever after . . .”...
“And they lived happily ever after . . .” For as long as I can remember, I have always loved stories with happy endings, whether in books, movies, television programs, or real life. So,...
Christmas is a time of joyous surprises. Surrounded by those I hoped would be part of my family one day, I sat on the floor of my boyfriend’s parents’ house as he offered me a stack of four wrapped Christmas gifts. “Open the smallest one last,”...
Maybe it’s been a long time since you’ve had to find love. Maybe it’s a fresh or unnerving concept for you to consider. We’re vulnerable creatures, we humans. We’re fragile, anxious, deeply passionate people who tend to forget that we are...
I’m hooked on holidays. Even the ones you don’t send cards for, like Flag Day. So when I saw (on April 1) that my publisher was accepting submissions for Christmas novellas (due May 1), I set my face away from my spring decorations, turned on...
Tell us your name and a little bit about yourself Hi. I’m Werner Wright. I’m a mechanic and held one job following tech training in Seattle. Then my parents were suddenly killed and I lost that job during my leave of absence. I...
What does it take to write a cozy mystery? Naturally, all of the above. The crime, often a murder, is offstage, meaning it happened before the book began, or happens outside of the reader’s purview. It’s usually bloodless, or at least not too graphic. The...
By Regina Smeltzer I fell in love with Mr. Charlie the day he arrived in my mind. Old and blind, he sat for hours on the courthouse steps speaking to no one. I knew he had an incredible story, but he was slow to share it. Eventually, Ruth Cleveland appeared....
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