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  Taking Home A “Win” A Beautiful Sunrise Over Lake Yale This past week I attended the Florida Christian Writers Conference 2025. For this week’s blog post, I decided to share a few “take aways” you can apply to  any  situation. Be aware, you will likely recognize your mom’s voice in these… Eat breakfast every day          Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. At least that’s what I’ve always heard. Breakfast at the conference was cafeteria style with choices of what you ate and where you might sit.           Over breakfast I had the opportunity to meet writers of various ages and differing genres. Let’s face it, I’m not a fantasy-alternative-world kind of writer. Still, I appreciate differing genres because, though they may offer different settings and unique characters, the story is still “Good vs Evil” or “Love Conquers All “or perhaps, “People Change.”  Even ...

  Because Everyone Has a Story… Often, when people find out I’m an author, they tell me they have a story. Sometimes their story is one of surviving against all odds or a story of falling in love. On occasion they share how they would love to preserve their family history… which includes survival and love and everything in between. This week I am going to offer you a challenge of sorts that will set you on the road to capturing  your  story and could prove to be a meaningful gift for someone special in your life. For twenty years, people across the US and beyond participated in a sprint writing event called NaNoWriMo which stood for  Na tional  No vel  Wri ting  Mo nth. The idea was to complete fifty thousand (yes 50,000) words in thirty days. NaNoWriMo has since closed its internet doors.   Yet…People still write. It was merely a way to connect with other writers, encourage each other, and work hard to complete the task in a defined period of tim...

Tiki and G.G. This past weekend, Mike and I did a little dog sitting. Mike’s son Shawn has two pit bulls. You’ve read about Roxy in an earlier post. If you missed it, CLICK HERE . Roxy now has housemate. Grunt is larger and younger than Roxy. That doesn’t matter. Grunt pays attention to Roxy’s careful, motherly guidance.  Grunt received his name because as a pup… and I guess for a fairly long time thereafter, he didn’t bark. He only grunted.  The dogs were great and we enjoyed them. But this post isn’t actually about the dogs. It’s about our cat, Tiki. Tiki is not a fan of the dogs. She walks softly but carries a sharp claw. Just ask Roxy, who still bears a scar on her nose from being  reprimanded by the cat years ago. Meet Tiki-Kitty Still, although the cat can stand up for herself, having two critters five times her size hanging around the house for several days is not pleasant. She doesn’t attack. She simply avoids them by hiding under the bed or in the closet in peace...

  Vette Fest 2025, Their Twentieth...Our First This past weekend, Mike and I travelled to Kissimmee, Florida for the annual Vette Fest at Old Town. Although there is an actual “Old Town, Florida” on the banks of the Suwannee River, this  Old Town  is a recreated village in Kissimmee, Florida just a few miles from Disney World.  This ‘Old Town” is an eighteen-acre entertainment district filled with shops, restaurants, rides, and live music. On occasion it is the backdrop for classic cars or muscle cars. And... it is the home to Vette Fest.  You Know You're at a Car Show When the Golf Cart is All Decked Out Every year, Vette Fest brings Corvettes and their owners together for a weekend of fun. This was a full weekend and this year they celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the event.  Mike and I go to car shows. A couple of hours here or there. Never a full weekend.   Our Vette... because "A Corvette Should be Red," Mike says. We prepared. We packed ou...