I keep forgetting that this blog is supposed to be about writing tips. Okay, ya want a writing tip-here it is: quit reading other people’s stuff and comparing it to what you think you could be capable of doing. YOU are not THAT person, you are your own-self.-do YOUR thing. It is tough putting yourself…

Below is the old Sea Gull restaurant around 1960 or so. Our family ran it for a couple of years. Of course, it is gone now-a parking lot-yep-it’s a parking lot now. Have to make room for all the tourists who are coming-and they are coming and coming. We love to see the tourists come.…

My sister Mary Ellen, Daddy and me in 1967. Never did like shoes. Liked to feel the tickling grass, the sand beneath my feet. So much easier climbing dunes when you’re barefoot. Downside: stickers-they hurt. You always run the risk of getting hurt when you go barefoot. QUOTE: Sensuality does not understand why everyone else…

Well, here she is boys and girls! the second book in my Topsail Island Mystery series. Hope you enjoy the twists and turns-the titillating characters, nefarious bad guys, and the fun of watching their lives unravel. Bridge Tender is available on Amazon NOW, but I won’t be getting my copies for about a week. If…

Searching for pictures for the cover of my new book BRIDGE TENDER. It should be out mid June!!!  I sort of like this one but am going out to take more pics this week. I’d appreciate any feed back from y’all. Thanks — the flood gates are open and here come the summer folk. HAPPY…

Quote-Happiness is a warm puppy-Charles Schulz. This is Joey. See how peacefully he sleeps-he’s not always like this. But I love him and to prove it, he has a definite role in my book Waterlogged and the up coming sequel Bridge Tender. Some new pets find their way into the pages of the new book…

BRIDGE TENDER (coming this summer) Quote: no man chooses evil because it is evil, he only mistakes it for happiness. The good he seeks-Mary Shelley One of the characters in Bridge Tender wears this medallion.  I’ve been diligently working on the sequel to Waterlogged-like all things worth doing, it is only successful if done well. Hope…

Beyond words…of course a better camera could have said it better.

I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hillsWhen all at once I saw a crowdA host of golden daffodils                         William Wordsworth My favorite flower-the daffodil. A harbinger of spring, of light, of hope, of joy. Who doesn’t smile when…

Quote-I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by-Douglas Adams. There’s something to be said for the freedom creativity allows.