We have winners! (actually you all are winners – read on to see why) Wow, just wow! You all amaze me with your kind words and generous hearts toward your fellow writers. Though I may not have gotten to comment on all your blogs, I did hop around and read lines and comments. We had a few glitches that I feel were straightened out quickly, and regardless of which post you posted your entry Read more…
Post your first line entries for It Was a Dark and Stormy Blogfest Contest now! So many of you haven’t posted your entry to the contest post comment area yet. Some because blogger decided to wig out and you couldn’t post (thanks for contacting me), some because twitter wasn’t updating tweets today for some odd reason, or some may have been confused about the contest. To enter the contest you must post your entry to Read more…
THE CONTEST IS CLOSED – GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! Yay! It Was a Dark and Stormy Blogfest Contest is finally here. So, today and tomorrow, February 7th and 8th, post your first lines on your blog and go hop around to the other participants’ blogs listed in the linky below to critique. Polish your first line and post it in the comments below starting now until February 9th at 8am EST EXTENDED TO 8PM EST Read more…
There’s only one week until It Was A Dark and Stormy Blogfest Contest judged by Weronika Janczuk on February 7-9. Click here to join in the fun (or just scroll down to the previous post, whichever). So, today I’m pleased to post my interview with Weronika for you all to get to know her better, which only made me more excited for the contest. I’ve been awestruck by the fabulous Weronika Janczuk. Her generosity and Read more…
Hey guys, come join in on the fun for my It was a Dark and Stormy Blogfest Contest. The fabulous agent Weronika Janczuk from D4EO Literary Agency will be handing out prizes! How we’re doing it: Sign up on the linky below. On February 7 and 8, post the first line of your finished manuscript (any genre) on your blog to get critiques from your followers and then hop around to the other participants’ sites Read more…
DNA WRITERS – Writing Is In Our Blood Today’s coffee is from a bag of Starbuck’s French Roast without creamer. I don’t even want to talk about why I’m foregoing creamer, just saying. *cringes while sipping bland coffee* My NaNoWriMo buddies, Cassandra, Shelley, Erica, and Kari, along with our newest buds, Diana and Janelle, have launched a new blog site DNA WRITERS – Writing Is In Our Blood. I contribute about my writing journey Read more…
Okay, today’s coffee is Starbuck’s French Roast with vanilla creamer. It’s my drug of choice these days, since I was stupid enough to answer the phone and agree to go back to work temporarily part-time at my old company. With all the holiday happenings, adjusting to work, and the mother board on my computer blowing out (sounds like something from Star Wars, yeah?) has put me way behind on posting on my blog and revising Read more…
First off I’m a guest blogger today over at CA Marshall’s 12 Days of Christmas blogfest. Please go HERE to check it out and leave a comment. She should have it up sometime today. Okay, I absolutely love the song ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’. It has special meaning to me because of the story my father would tell with tears glistening in his eyes under the lights of the decked out tree each year. Back Read more…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the mallsEvery creature was stirring, even hollering calls;The stores’ shelves were stocked high with care,In hopes that customers soon would be there;The perfect presents ran through the customers’ head,While visions of out-of-stock items they did dread;And Mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,Had just rummaged through all the store’s crap,When out of an aisle there arose such a clatter,I sprang from the shelf to see Read more…
We interrupt this Blogfest to announce … I’M A FINALIST IN MICHAEL’S HARRY POTTER BLOGFEST!!! You can read my entry below and then go (HERE) to read and vote for your favorite entry! Christine Danek is hosting the Crazy Holiday Blogfest on her blog Christine’s Journey today. To view all the participants’ entries go (HERE).Here’s the rules: “I thought I would host a blogfest about the holidays. Any holiday. It could take place in Spring, Summer, Fall Read more…