• I’m Buried

    This week, I’m buried under a big editing gig, so I’m going send you to two blogs each day that I think you’ll enjoy. Today’s redirects are: Chick Lit Writers and Word Wranglers. Deborah Blake is interviewing the amazing Lucy March at Chick Lit Writers, so go and discover more about Lucy and her new book A Little Night Magic. Liz Flaherty’s guest today at Word Wranglers is author/editor/teacher Alicia Rasley, who’s talking about writing opening chapters. Alicia always has great advice for writers, so go by and learn about starting a story. Check back tomorrow for two more great blogs…have fun!!  

  • My Heroes

    This is a convoluted path to a blog about heroes, but I promise if you stay with me, we’ll wind up in a place that mostly makes sense. The other day on the Bettyverse, Blonde Betty talked about e-reader versus print books, which naturally led to the Betties responding not only with their favorite way to read (digital vs. paper), but also their favorite books, which brought me to my favorite books.  (We’re almost there, I promise.) I came down on the side of e-readers, so thinking of my favorite books made me recall that one of the first books I downloaded on my Kindle was Gene Stratton Porter’s The…