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?
There is freedom to travel that wasn’t in my schedule or budget before. It wouldn’t be there without my taking simple measures available to anyone.
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
When on deadline, I try to keep up with the minutia of life. I’m successful for a time, but then ‘deadline brain’ sets in. I am told that this is the creative cousin, if you will, of ‘stress brain.’ It’s when a writer’s ability to focus on anything but writing and editing the current book … Continue reading Artist Meets Artisan
A small herd of deer traipsed across my yard recently, patchy from shedding their winter coats. Last week, spring onions arrived in our weekly subscription box from a local farm. It’s been a rough winter, but these subtle signs of the changing season lift my heart. The breath of life whispers through the air, promising … Continue reading Signs of Spring
Snow blanketed the ground Monday morning, whether or not that was convenient. It wasn’t. Between an appointment and a release celebration for my newest novel, Stagecoach to Liberty (Montana Gold, book 3), the day promised to be hectic. With so many places to go, the last thing I wanted was to navigate snowy streets. It … Continue reading Nowhere to Go
Schedules, to-do lists, planners — I love them all. Anything to do with organizing grabs my attention. One of my earliest childhood memories was of filling sheets of lined paper with the numbers I was learning to draw. My simple system allowed one number per row, written over and over across the page. An older … Continue reading Learning to Live Free
“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
The unknown is always part of the mix when you travel. Whether you take it as an adventure or shrink in fear depends largely on your attitude.
