Musings from the Slush Pile

During the late nineties, I went through a very difficult time as I attempted to homeschool my youngest son who has disabilities. Through the hardship, I found comfort in researching history.  I wanted to share what I learned with others, so I got interested in writing.

In 2004 I joined Christian Authors Guild (CAG) and started to . . . → Read More: Writer Wednesday Welcomes: Cynthia Simmons!

As you all know, I am YA obsessed. Every year since the fruition of a particular super- ah-mahzing event, I have been at my computer absorbing everything I could. The event: WriteOnCon. This year will be the same.

What is WriteOnCon?

*Pulled directly from their About page:

WriteOnCon is the brainchild of seven writers who wanted to “pay . . . → Read More: WriteOnCon 2012

About *cough* *cough* *choke* years ago, I graduated from Kent State University with a degree in psychology. It was an exhilarating time in my life and some of my best memories came during the days leading up to graduation. I didn’t put my degree to  use for long before marrying, having kids and stepping out of . . . → Read More: Kent State University: Kent Reads

Today I had the good fortune of having romance author Donna Fasano over to my blog. Donna is a romantic at heart, like myself. However, she has had the honor of writing romances with Harlequin for more than 20 years. She’s been kind enough to come by and talk to us today about why she writes . . . → Read More: Writer Wednesday Welcomes: Donna Fasano

Last night I had the honor of attending the Ohio River Festival of Books in Huntington, WV. It was quite a little adventure for Hubsy and I. He took half a day off work, his mom and devoted grandma, took the whole day off. She met us at home and kept Little Miss until . . . → Read More: Ohio River Festival of Books 2012