The Weight Loss Struggle (You Can Help Me With SIG!)

The main character in my upcoming novel, Strangely, Incredibly Good, struggles with her weight. This is a serious issue and I take it seriously in the book, but the book is also humorous, and I hope you'll laugh over the situations the main character gets herself into as she struggles to exercise, lose pounds and …

Take Ten Thursday: A Snowy Scene

Sorry I was late this week with #TTT ! You owe it to yourself to take some time -make it a Fifteen Minute Friday - to write today. Not one minute this Valentine's Day? Then set aside some time this weekend. After you've written something, please let me know in the comments, and link back, …

Take Ten Thursday: Writing Prompt

Welcome to Take Ten Thursday at Where the Butterflies Go! Thanks for dropping in. Your writing prompt today is this photo, taken at our local winter festival. Snow taffy and later, in Spring, 'sugaring off' or going to the 'sugar shack' is part of the culture around here. If it's not something you're familiar with …

Take Ten Thursday Writing Prompt

Today I'd like to start something with you readers called Take Ten Thursday. Ten sit ups? Ten Coffees? You can do those things too, sure, but I'm encouraging you to spend JUST TEN MINUTES today on writing. It can be poetry. It can be prose. It can be the start of a novel. It can …

Do Not Think…Just Write.

Do not 'Think' you have a book inside of you. Go from 'Think' to 'Do!' by scribbling or typing some of it down -at least 1,000 words of it- without editing it as you go. Do it today. Do not tear up what you've done, or allow yourself to listen to the voices telling you …