Ginny Yttrup, an award-winning author, writing coach, and developmental editor, featured us on her Words for Writers podcast. Her podcast features words of inspiration and instruction for writers from authors, coaches, editors, and herself. So, we dive into helpful topics for fellow authors, yet it’s enlightening for readers as well. Here’s the link: Enjoy!
Personal Update: About an 8-minute read My France trip exceeded expectations! The French people were courteous and helpful, making the trip more enjoyable. And we discovered invaluable nuggets about the cultural and geographical landscape that enhanced my book research. (If you’re new to this newsletter, I’m working on a contemporary romance series called Mayo Love. In Book 3, my protagonist travels …
Personal Update: Robert and I are headed to France! And we’re excited to experience France’s cultural motto: joie de vivre! We want to squeeze as much French culture: its natural and architectural beauty, food, history, and people as we can. And what better way than to experience it through planes, trains, and automobiles. We’re flying into Paris, catching a train …
My fellow Lady Lits and I were featured on the Refuge Podcast hosted by Jennifer Elwood. Amazingly, this was pre-recorded in July, so it included Nancy Ness, the “founder” of our Lady Lits mastermind group. Sadly, Nancy passed away in July, so I’m grateful that through the podcast, others can get a snippet of this extraordinary woman. (You can read …
Tribute to Nancy Ness: This newsletter is about a five-minute read Before I give you an important writing update, in honor of my friend, I’m diving into the sad news first. There are friends who impact you profoundly in a short time that it’s hard to believe you didn’t know them longer. That’s how my dear friend and fellow Lady Lit, Nancy Ness, affected …
A 1950’s-Styled Anniversary Celebration This newsletter is about a 5-minute read A few weeks ago, we celebrated my parents’ 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends. They had a 50’s theme, so Robert and I wore black replicating a scene from Grease. The greatest takeaway of the celebration was watching my parents enjoy the night. Their outward expression of love reflects …
My writer friend, Jill (her pen name is J Bea Wilson), has a monthly interactive newsletter called Lift, where she features a short story. But the twist is, she enlists her subscribers in a contest where they offer a premise for the story based on a theme. She selects the winner of the contest and the short story for the …
Personal and Writing Update: This is about a 4-minute read On Memorial Day, my husband and I went hiking for a few hours. We went to our tried-and-true spot, Oxley Nature Center. It was the setting for our engagement photos, as well as where we had one of our first outings as friends. Besides having a great time, the hike …
I’m working on my developmental edits for my novella, Christmas at Sonshine Barn, this weekend (working 10 hrs/3 days) tackling macro and then micro elements. Pray I’ll make significant headway since my goal is to send a revised draft to the editor for line-by-line edits by June. And hopefully, I’ll have a mockup for the book cover by June or July as well …
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