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Cookie Cupboard Delivery
Holy moly! Did I know what I was getting into? I'm not even sure I will truly know until the season is over. For those of you who do not…
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Chopped
Do you know that show where four chefs are pitted against each other with a basket of ingredients that obviously do not mix well? The contestants are given impossible time…
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Cadette Training Weekend
A weekend with 80 middle school girls and 120 second and third graders. Who thought this would be fun? Apparently, I did, along with four of my friends. Shelley, Nancy…
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The Great American Sentence
Perusing Facebook, as sadly I waste too much time doing on an almost daily basis, one of my friends posted a link to Easy Street: A Magazine of Books and…
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Touring Bluebell Creameries
Before I begin my next Girl Scout adventure this weekend, I thought I would give you a taste of our last one. Pun is absolutely intended! Every August our girls…
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Dear Internal Editor, LEAVE ME ALONE….for now
As I wrote the last few words for Chapter 25, I realized the point of view was all wrong. When the thought popped into my head, I had to use…
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Wait! That’s a Bird!
While I sit at the Salt Lake City Airport baggage claim awaiting my errant luggage, I thought I would take a few minutes to regale you on one of the…
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A New Community
A new chapter in my writing career started this week at the State of the Guild Address for the Houston Writers Guild. This was my first experience with the organization.…
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Animal Helpers Badge Workshop
Jenna and I went on our annual mother-daughter Girl Scout adventure. With such a large troop, I am usually embroiled in the politics and logistics of keeping the conglomerate alive.…
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Database Done
Yes, I am that good. I pulled up excel creating one sheet each for my short stories, a sent to and received back list, and details about the publications. I…