I've got the first round edits from my publisher and have gotten started on them. There's some storyline things the editor wants me to work on, so I've been contemplating that and I think I have a solution to one of the biggies she mentioned. So that's good. Anna Kathryn Lanier , talented author, friend, NWHRWA pal, and all around nice lady, nominated me for Very Inspiring Blogger Award. So thank you very much, Anna, for the award! The rules are as follows: *Display the award logo on your blog. *Link back to the person who nominated you *State 7 things about yourself *Nominate other bloggers (the numbers seem to vary) and link back to them So in keeping with the rules...7 things about myself: 1.  I was born in Texas; but 6 1/2 years of my life I lived in Madison, NJ (a place right near Morristown). 2.  I wasn't as good a student as my classmates who attempted to cheat off of my papers thought (especially Freshmen through Junior year--I nearly fai...

Happy Wednesday All, Okay, I'm late posting this, and I apologize. But, I'm here, now. There's a funny thing about ideas. Sometimes it's so hard to come up with something before hand. When you have to force an idea, it seems like it gets stubborn. You push, you pull, beg, plead, bargain...and nothing happens. Then you sit down and suddenly ideas pop out of nowhere and it's all you can do to keep up. That's the way it is with this blog a lot of the time. People ask me "How do you come up with ideas for your blog?" The truth is, sometimes I don't come up with anything until I start typing. Other times, an idea pops in and I write it down for whatever date I think it will fit. I have a notebook that I started keeping this year. In it I write the day of the week and the date. Then I write down any blogging idea for that day. Some things I already know--for example, official book reviews. I know that later this month I'll be posting one, I...