Honest, genuine, real, and oh how I wish I had been there to hear these words delivered!!! News from Suz Brockmann http://www.SuzanneBrockmann.com July 21, 2018, Denver, Colorado There’s been a bit of buzz about my RWA LTA acceptance speech… And I’d hoped the video would be up so you could watch it, but I thinkContinue reading “Thank you Suzanne Brockmann…”
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Finding The Positive in Mother’s Day
Social media, and media in general have blown Mother’s Day up into a two day event… and then some… making it harder and harder on those who don’t have mothers worthy of celebration, and those who have lost mothers they miss every day of their lives. I’m one of the former. Over the years, I’veContinue reading “Finding The Positive in Mother’s Day”
Savvy Characters are NEVER “too stupid to live”
How the heck do you create a character with flaws, and put her in dangerous situations while avoiding this ugly misstep? By learning how to brilliantly navigate dicey situations By discovering how an emergency situation could/should/might unfold By understanding how to be prepared for… read more
Please stop
Here’s how to stop the endless loop of sadness playing over and over again in your head. Sadness you’re feeling for the almost 40,000 people evacuated from their homes due to wildfires in our province over the last two weeks. Not knowing if they would ever see their homes again was gut wrenching for them. And someContinue reading “Please stop”
Finding My Way
Today I begin a new project. Today I begin talking, publicly, about why my characters are so flawed, and why they have so much to overcome before they find happiness. Why now? Because it’s finally time, and because today I released, INTO THE SUNRISE, a story I’m passionate about. A story about a woman who overcomes enormous obstacles, and learnsContinue reading “Finding My Way”
Daily Gratitude
Gratitude – for 10 hours of undisturbed sleep, for feeling refreshed when I woke up, for the pretty plants I indulged in at the garden center (lol Walmart), for gazillions of dandelions proudly lining the roadway, for being able to give a smile to a stranger struggling at physio, and for taking a me day withoutContinue reading “Daily Gratitude”
Gratitude – for Calvin
Gratitude – for Friday being the perfect culmination of hundreds of hours of work put in by a small group of women determined to socialize a reluctant feral cat. For discovering his reluctance was due to dental pain and wonky blood sugar. For sticking to the goal in spite of hisses and punchesContinue reading “Gratitude – for Calvin”
Daily Gratitude
Gratitude – for the beauty of a sunny morning, for a great beach walk with a bestie on a special day, and for an hour or so of quiet time in the happy forest, surrounded by gentle souls. (More photos once I figure out how to get them off my phone 🙂 ) Continue reading “Daily Gratitude”
Daily Gratitude
Gratitude – for a fabulous beach walk to start my day, for ocean air to clear the sinuses, and settle the soul, for a bounty of spring flowers in the beach gardens, and for a wonderful time spent with special friends.
Daily Gratitude
Gratitude – for a glorious and sunny spring day, for a wonderful outing with a bestie, for a garden center bursting with new life to fill me with inspiration, for strong looking zuchinni seedlings now in my pots, for getting my own seeds planted, and for the many birds singing while I puttered in theContinue reading “Daily Gratitude”