Creative Worlds in 2014 What Readers Want It’s taken a while to sort out what to offer readers of Creative Worlds. It hasn’t been that I had too little to write about, rather the opposite. With interests in history, photography, poetry, novel writing, and teaching, I have found it hard to distill the essence of … Continue reading What You Can Expect From Creative Worlds in 2014 →

Land of sagebrush, rattlesnakes, antelope, and breathtaking mountain vistas. Ah yes, Montana! I once fell in love with the state during an epic road trip. Marrying my return to the big sky country with my love of books was already a happy thing, but also attaining one of my bucket list items seems too good … Continue reading Festival of the Book and a Research Trip →

DawnSinger Finaled in WalMart’s Get-on-the-Shelf Contest!  A surprise awaited me upon my return home from the retreat. My husband had entered the book trailer for DawnSinger, Tales of Faeraven 1, in WalMart’s Get On The Shelf Contest for a chance to sell my book in WalMart stores, and it finaled! What you can do to … Continue reading Books and a Book Festival →

As spring ushers in its share of cloudbursts, I find staying warm more challenging.  This happens anytime the temperature fluctuates. I notice it also in autumn.  Getting used to different temperatures challenging. This is true in seasons of life as well.  I don’t want to be set in my ways, so rigid I can’t bend when … Continue reading Bending in the Winds of Change →

We’re thinking about the future a lot in our household these days. It’s interesting how dreaming leads to planning, but not always. It’s as if we try on ideas for size then swap out those that don’t fit for ones that do. It could be argued that daydreaming serves a practical purpose.  I’m going with … Continue reading Where Will Your Daydreams Take You? →

The small envelope gave no hint of the impact the notecard inside. Noticing I was going through a rough time while on deadline, one of my author friends reached out to encourage me. It’s such a small thing to lift someone else, and yet it requires a great deal. It requires the ability to look … Continue reading There’s no Substitute for You →

“Place your unpaid bills before you, then apply the seat of your pants to the seat of the chair-and write.”  This sage advice from Mary Heaton Vorse to Wilbur Daniel Steele , her husband’s distant cousin, and to Sinclair Louis, Steele’s roommate may have had something to do with their later success. Steele became an … Continue reading Working Like a Busy Bee →