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Two books for only 99 cents !!! The Anticipation Builds for Dee Dee Makes Three

I mentioned in my last post that my new Gator McBumpypants picture book will have props. What do you think the one in the picture could be? You can find out soon! As soon as this weekend!! I sent Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three off to Createspace review mere hours ago. I can’tContinue reading “Two books for only 99 cents !!! The Anticipation Builds for Dee Dee Makes Three”

Free Download!! : A Week of Anticipation for Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three

Gator McBumpypants’ new adventure has been a year in the making, but it is finally almost here. For those of you who have not read the first two books in the Gator McBumpypants and Friends series, get over to amazon for specials this week. Starting Oct. 27th, the first book Gator McBumpypants Hears a ScaryContinue reading “Free Download!! : A Week of Anticipation for Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three”

Published! Oh, the joy of the first acceptance letter.

As the gross jelly-blob predicted, October continues to be fun, gross and creepy. Why you ask? Because fun, gross and creepy can describe my flash fiction story, “My Collection”, that the editors of Five on the Fifth kindly chose for their October Issue!! I was delighted by the variety of stories and styles they chose.Continue reading “Published! Oh, the joy of the first acceptance letter.”

Inspiration: Stay ready. You never know from which strange place, or species, it could come.

This is a slightly different post than the norm, but it is also a wonderful way to get us all into the Halloween spirit and I love Halloween. When I was driving home last Sunday and saw a pumpkin patch full of people, I said “Their jack-o-lanterns will be completely rotten by Halloween.” Of course,Continue reading “Inspiration: Stay ready. You never know from which strange place, or species, it could come.”

Novel Recommit Challenge Final Count

As Robert Evenhouse mentioned in a post during the challenge, life will get in the way of your word count goals and that happened to me yesterday, so as you may have noticed, I didn’t get a blog post up (or get my words written) after critique group. So, Thursday’s total word count was 1,194Continue reading “Novel Recommit Challenge Final Count”

Organized Writing: Tips to Keep Your Ideas at Your Fingertips

Over the course of writing my novel, I became disorganized. I have notes in so many different notebooks, computer programs, sheets of paper and anything handy to write on that I waste half a day looking for a name I wrote somewhere, or a thought I had months ago that finally fits. In the hopeContinue reading “Organized Writing: Tips to Keep Your Ideas at Your Fingertips”

A Wonderful Day For Stuffed Wildlife Photography

Today was a very special day. My friend, Spencer Matthews, came for a visit and helped me plan out and set up my shots for over half of Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three. The weather cooperated, the sunlight cooperated, and my subjects, mostly cooperated. After we finished the wildlife photography, Spencer, a visualContinue reading “A Wonderful Day For Stuffed Wildlife Photography”