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 My first full-length fiction effort; I hope you enjoy it <3

This started as a short story. It was supposed to be a fun flash told through a few letters. Then I thought it would be good to add backstory to the letters, setting how they were found, probably in an attic, something like that. The next thing I knew, there were 13,000 words. 

But there still wasn't an ending. And while I had hoped to write a mystery, I discovered that I had unexpectedly veered into the Gothic trope territory. So, I paused for some research to ...

You might remember back in August that I had a blog reader, Jill, write and say: “I always love your book reviews, and now it’s time for me to promote one I think you would enjoy, written by my daughter, no less! It’s about a young woman and her father leaving Philadelphia in the late […]

A blog reader mentioned a book to me by the author Donna Everhart.  I had already read the book.  I ended up picking another of her books,  The Education of Dixie Dupree, and invited all of you to read it along with me.

I liked the book.  I am a person who appreciates coming-of-age stories.  As I read I am often silently screaming to the characters, don’t do that…I know it’s going to be a bad choice.  I might also yell, “tell an adult”.  I think we can all find a little of ourselves in a coming-of-age ...

A blog reader mentioned a book to me by the author Donna Everhart.  I had already read the book.  I decided to give another of her books a try.  I picked The Education of Dixie Dupree and was wondering if any of you would like to read it along with me.

I am going to warn that this book does deal with a rape and anyone sensitive to that, may want to avoid the book.

My plan is that you could get a copy and read…we can meet up together on August 1st and you can all share what ...

I have been singing the praises of author Diane Chamberlain.  She’s written some awesome books that I’ve been super excited about and have written reviews for here on the blog.   The Last House on the Street is her latest book and it’s our Book Club book for May with discussion to happen today June 1st.

The Last House on the Street is considered historical fiction.  Amazon readers gave it 4.6 stars.

Here is the synopsis from Amazon:
“1965
Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill, North Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a ...

I have been singing the praises of author Kristin Harmel and asked you to join me in reading her book, The Winemaker’s Wife, and joining me for a book club review.  Today is the day for us to get together and chat.

Here is the synopsis from Amazon:

“At the dawn of the Second World War, Inès is the young wife of Michel, owner of the House of Chauveau, a small champagne winery nestled among rolling vineyards near Reims, France. Marrying into a storied champagne empire was supposed to be a dream come true, but Inès feels increasingly isolated ...

I have been singing the praises of author Diane Chamberlain.  She’s written some awesome books that I’ve been super excited about and have written reviews for here on the blog.  I discovered she has another book, The Last House on the Street, and I wondered if you all might want to read along with me and have a little book club review after we’re all finished.

Right now with the book club, we are reading The Winemaker’s Wife, but I wanted to announce the new book so you all had time to find it or put ...

I have been singing the praises of author Kristin Harmel.  She’s written some awesome books that I’ve been super excited about and have written reviews for here on the blog.  I discovered she has another book, The Winemaker’s Wife, and I wondered if you all might want to read along with me and have a little book club review after we’re all finished.

My thought was that we could all try to find the book, then start reading at your leisure with the hope of finishing the book and having a discussion about it on May ...

Today is book club day.  It’s our day to discuss our latest book The Dog Lived (and so will I) by Teresa Rhyne. 

I have to say I was so happy when I knew from the very-very beginning that the dog was going to live.  I know many of you are like me and just knowing the dog is going to die leaves you knowing you’re going to need a box of tissues.  I’ve loved some great books that the dog dies in but I wasn’t up for that kind of story.

I was immediately attracted ...

Hooray, hooray, it’s book club day!!

I had told you all about a book I read called Tomorrow’s Bread.  I had said I liked it and from there, readers wrote to recommend another book by the same author, Anna Jean Mayhew.  The book they recommended was The Dry Grass of August.

A few other readers chimed in and recommended the book too.  That’s when I thought it might be fun to have a book club…at least for one book.  In advance, I would tell you all the book title and you would have a month to ...

I've been truly blessed with the response to my designs in the magazine world. I'm not even sure how many designs have been published and I haven't always had a chance to blog about the where, when and so on.

But this time - here I am! On the COVER. This is the current issue of McCall's Quilting. That's the January/February 2020 issue. It's made with Banyan Batiks - the Baralla collection (pink slate colorway).

My quilt on the cover!