The First Days of Summer in the Sun Now, most people who know me would say that I am a more indoorsy type person. After several years of living in a northern state with very short days and not a lot of sunlight 9 months out of the year, I had forgotten the need for…
In five years’ time, you will look back on your life now and take wonder at both your failures and achievements. As we trudge our way through life we find ourselves forced to adapt to the ever lurking chaos that sneaks its way into our best-laid plans. Over the past few years since Jei and…
I want to be short and sweet today and thank all of the father figures in my life for their support and love. I have some great memories of each and every one of them. From my great step dad to my loving father and my older brother who spent a lot of his time…
Imagine for a moment that you are asked to give a review to a fellow writer. The binder full of printed paper sits upon your lap, a notebook beside you slowly filling with notes and questions as you flip through each new page. You love the story, but suddenly a page introduces a rift in continuity…
From East to West Life is unpredictable. One moment you are so sure about where you are going in life and the next you are staring down the barrel of one of the largest changes in your life. This is the definition of the sudden wham bam thank you ma’am kind of chaos Jei and…
13,587 Miles in the past three years. That is how many miles we have traveled together in our four-wheeled sanctuary. We have gone east, west, north and south to see both the sites and our loved ones. There is nothing like being stuck in the car for hours on end with the open road…
We’re back! Absolutely thrilled to finally be settling into our new living arrangments and finding our footing again. To those of you who have stuck around, thank you so much for your continued support. I have taken the time to go through the received emails and requests about topics and I am hoping that I…
My deepest apologies to those who have followed and interacted with both myself and Jei. With every intention, I had hoped to get back on the train of writing the blog when more family tragedy has hit us. Our goal, for now, is to resume posts in June once everything has settled down. Thank you…
Good habits are easy to break and harder to make. They are the structure of order that nearly all of us attempt to emulate one time or another in our lives. Without habits and ritual, we seem to lose our step, flounder in chaos or for the select few, ride the wave of unpredictability. Such…
Life gets in the way. As you grow older and I guess, wiser, you start to learn that stuff happens that you have absolutely no control over. You could have the best-laid plans and the sudden contact with life itself will send it straight into the garbage. I want to offer an apology to those…
Oh, Saint Patrick’s Day. The day that everyone is a little bit Irish and a little bit green. Either from the drink or from the clover somewhere on their clothes. Either way, it is a time to celebrate! I never really understood the significance of the holiday when I was a child. All I…
As promised, our monthly 5 tips for writing. Below are some of the things we have learned or taken away from our experience this month as we work on our manuscript. #1 Write more information about your characters than what the reader may ever see. Telling a good story doesn’t mean that you have…
