[caption id="attachment_8968" align="aligncenter" width="636"] 5 Reasons For Reading Romance Novels[/caption] First of all, you should never have to explain why you read romance novels. However, you can use the following five reasons: Reading romance isn't what it used to be If you don't read romance novels, you probably...
[caption id="attachment_9322" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Dancing couple[/caption] “I’m not a pretty boy. My face isn’t perfect.” “I’m not into pretty boys. It’s what’s in a man’s heart that appeals to me.” Dane laughed. “What’s so funny?” He gazed down at her and held her stare. “I’ve heard that one before.” “It’s true.” Dane...
Sharing with you Firstly, I want to share 5 things to know about service dogs, our four-legged heroes. They are not pets. Service dogs have a job to do. Do not distract them. Service dogs are expensive. It costs $1,500 to raise a puppy in its...
[caption id="attachment_9283" align="alignleft" width="960"] Don't let rejection get you down.[/caption] Celebrating Rejection One of my writing groups awards chocolates for successes. We celebrate requests for manuscripts, getting an agent or publisher, publishing a book, finishing writing a book, finishing a chapter. We celebrate any success we can...
What's on your bucket lists? Bucket lists. They can be for anything - travel, adventures, things to do on a weekend, chores (really?), movies to see, books to read, or concerts to attend. The list is endless and as varied as the person who makes the...
[caption id="attachment_9265" align="alignleft" width="800"] A month of happiness challenge.[/caption] I came across this happiness challenge today - every month write down 30 things that make you happy and every day do one of those things from the list. As a result, I've made up my list...
Yesterday, while I played with my grandson, I was instructed on the proper sound a dinosaur makes. I must admit it wasn't the sound I imagined it to be. To be clear, my grandson, Montgomery, is 18 months old. He loves tractors, trucks, and dinosaurs....
[caption id="attachment_9253" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Would've Could've Should've[/caption] It's a common mistake. We see it all the time, especially on Facebook posts. Posters write SHOULD OF instead of SHOULD HAVE or SHOULD'VE, COULD OF instead of COULD HAVE or COULD'VE. It's an understandable mistake. Our ears hear...
Peony is one of my favourite flowers. I wished they bloomed all summer. My earliest memory of the Peony was at my grandparents' house in Edmonton. Peonies grew alongside the walkway to the front door. As a child, I would spend visits with my grandfather watching...
For Your Eyes Only When I completed Forever Love, I thought that Davina's novel, "Second Harvest" would make a wonderful story. Now and then I write a scene. Unfortunately, the scenes come to me in no particular order. I'm sharing with you one that may be the...