It seems to me…
...that writing a book is a brave thing to do. I've been realizing lately that whatever I put my characters through, I go through as well. All the "Big Sky" books are as honest as I can make them, and it can be painful to reveal so much about what I REALLY...
The winners are…
Crystal, Maggie Arnold, and Sam. Please send your snail mail addresses to me at [email protected], and I'll send each of you a signed book. I had such a good writing day yesterday--Casey and Walker both amaze me continually--and I'm looking forward to another excellent...
And a fine Tuesday morning it is
A writing day--my favorite kind! Yesterday I drafted Chapter Four of "Big Sky Summer", and I plan to write Chapter Five today, since I'm on a roll. Last Friday, Wendy, Jeremy and I picked up my mom, Hazel, and took her to lunch at the Onion, here in Spokane. After...
The reunion and other adventures
The Lael/Kramer clan met at the Longhorn Barbecue on Saturday morning, for breakfast, storytelling, joking around, and lots of hugging. 🙂 Cousin Barbara Lynn did a wonderful presentation on our ancestors--all the way back to the Revolutionary War. We've always...
I’m proud to know all of you
You're amazing, you truly are. You comments and sharing from the heart touch me so deeply. It's as though we're all sitting together around a great big kitchen table, chatting away about everything. I have a couple of errands to run today, plus a chapter to...
Winners are…
Nyoka and Barbara S. Please send your snail mail addresses to: [email protected] and we'll send out your signed books. If you didn't win, no worries! We'll be doing this again NEXT Wednesday. Here's the question: What was the best advice you ever received?
In-between blog
Hello, there, friends, Romans and country(wo)men. I'm racing through Chapter 3 of the new book today, but since I happen to be on lunch break, I decided to post a few words. Jeremy planted all the spring bulbs yesterday, and they're already popping up, in riotous...
Oh, happy day!
The writing is going well, and I'm thrilled! My friend Ozma's procedure was a bust--she's okay, but for one reason or another, the doctor couldn't finish. So she's pretty much in the same discouraging place and very much in need of your prayers. Tomorrow I'll...
To my friend, Ozma
My good friend Ozma is having a very intricate medical procedure done today. I'm praying for her, and I'd appreciate it if those of you who are so inclined would do the same. God bless and Godspeed, Ozma. (And just think; tomorrow morning, it will be over.) That...
Do I ever feel pressured?
That question came from the comment section, which I read and take to heart, by the way. The answer is, yes, deadlines can weigh very heavily on my mind--if I let them. Recently, I've been working hard to shift out of that hurry-hurry mode, and the thing that works...
My favorite outlaw
That would be Sawyer McKettrick. 🙂 He's the hero of "An Outlaw's Christmas", which went on sale yesterday. It's an old-time story, complete with a country schoolmarm, pretty Piper St. James, who dreams of falling in love with a good man who isn't an outlaw, some...
Hit the ground runnin’
As they say at the rodeo. This is very good advice if an angry bull is chasing you. 🙂 I was up VERY early this morning, putting the finishing touches on the outline for the new book, "Big Sky Summer", which is Casey and Walker's story. I'll start the actual book...