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My wind chimes beckoned me outside

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Good morning all you lovely peeps out in wordpress land. I went to let our dog outside this morning, and the wind chimes on our front porch called out to me, as if to say “Come, sit out on the porch and let us tell you our secrets..” I sat for a few moments and … Read more

A Fearful Heart by Cherry Christinson book review

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Last weekend I finished reading an awesome book by Cherry Christinson called A Fearful Heart. I must say that this book was hard to put down. The author pulled me right into the story, and kept me going until the end. I can’t remember the main character’s name, but I believe that she would have … Read more

An author update

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Hello everyone, I don’t remember if I told you this or not, but I have started working on a book entitled Embracing The Healing Power of Music: Seven Steps for Finding your way out of the darkness and into the light with God’s Gift of Song. In this book I will share my story of … Read more

Seducing MR. Nightly By Maya Rodale, book review

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If you love steamy historical romances with a bit of mystery thrown in, you will love Seducing Mr. Nightly by Maya Rodale. This book will have you laughing one moment, and drive you  absolutely crazy the next. Shy dear Annabel Swift has been pining for MR. Nightly, the editor of the London Weekly, where she … Read more

An inspiration for a new book idea

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Hello everyone, I have some good news. Thanks to Nikki Woods and her Write Your Way to Success training seminar, I have been inspired to pick up an idea for a book that I scrapped a couple of years ago, because I didn’t think I had the qualifications to write this book. Now, I about … Read more

A letter to writers block

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Here’s a little something fun for all us writers. I found this particular writing prompt on a link that Nikki Woods tweeted. I am wide awake, and I gthought I would tell dear old writers block what I think about it getting in my way when I want to write. After reading my letter to … Read more

Character Interview with Asher Brooks revised

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Hello everyone, Today I’m here with Shelly and Becca’s old Boss from A Journey of Faith, Asher Brooks. As you will discover, Asher is a very mean, verry self-centered, character. If he doesn’t get his way, he wants to get revenge. Now, I’ll let him tell you a little about himself. Ann. Hello Asher, How … Read more

Academy 7, by Anne Osterlund, a review

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Hey folks, this is different from my inspirational posts, and the posts about my book. I just read the most awesome scifi novel entitled Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund. I am not usually one for scifi, but this author sucked me right into the story, and onto her fictional planets.  Academy 7 is a novel … Read more

Music and writing

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Many writers who are blind, and even some sighted writers don’t like to listen to music when they write. However, I have found the best music that relaxes the body, yet promotes inspiration in the best way. I am listening to the relaxing ambient piano channel from radiotunes.com, on a radio program called tappin radio. … Read more

A writing challenge

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Hello everyone, One of my twitter followers prsented a writing challenge on her blog, and I was inspired to pass it on to you. Using the words Crash, Baboom, and snow, please come up with a brief bit of free writing. You don’t have to worry about grammmar spelling, and punctuation, just write for ten … Read more

A Journey of Faith, is turning into a Christian suspense novel

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Is my inspiration running dry? Not so much, especially last night and this morning. Let’s just say the incident that Becca Martin witnessed was an accident, but someone may have caused the accident to play a dirty trick on the patrons who love to visit Sweet Water Park to go climbing and biking. Shelly Marcus, … Read more

A burst of inspiration went dry

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Have you ever had one of those days when you get a birst of inspiration, and you write until the inspiration runs dry and when you come back to your novel, you run out of steam? That’s  happened to me just today. At about a quarter to four this morning, I had a birst of … Read more