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Fear and Overcoming it–to have a life
“And then I realized that to be more alive I had to be less afraid so I did it…I lost my fear and gained my whole life.” – Author unknown This is about the cover reveal for UNSPOKEN Words. The journey to get to this point has been a labyrinth. This book has had many many many iterations. I’ve written, deleted, written, rewritten, and edited, edited, edited. And I did it with a lot of fear. Would readers like it? Hate it? Care nothing about it? One of the very first Beta Readers of the story was a retired librarian from Ohio. She’d been a fan since my first book was published. (I think I was on book three by that time.) She told me there were two things she hated about it and that if she’d known about the trigger—she would’ve refused to read it. However, in the most recent feedback from...
Imagination of Creation
A heavy 1937 Underwood typewriter perches on a dedicated shelf in my office. Steel levers and margin stops, iconic round brass keys with letters stamped into their centers. Its presence is regal. For years, my grandmother used it nearly every day, even to type a short...
What’s in a name?
I’ve taken on another project to write a 10,000-word short story for Lowcountry RWA’s next anthology, publishing in the spring of 2025. While that may seem a while away, the organization’s leadership will wrangle a dozen authors, a dozen stories, and multiple rounds...
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