Insecure Writer’s Support Group: Find Your People

Hello, everyone! Today is the first Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means. It's Insecure Writer's Support Group day. Today I want to talk about the best way to fight your insecurities and fears. Find Your People. Everyone, even introverts like myself, have people. Friends. Family. Co-workers. Whatever. There are lots of … Continue reading Insecure Writer’s Support Group: Find Your People

Book review: Better than Perfect by Tricia Drammeh

This fantabulous review by Jane Dougherty made my day. Thank you, Jane. I’m so glad you enjoyed reading Better than Perfect.

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Better than Perfect

Better than Perfect is a fairy tale running parallel with a nightmare. On the face of it, Karlie doesn’t have a lot going for her. Between juggling her college classes, her job, the house she lives in alone since her parents died and keeping an eye on her elderly neighbour, she doesn’t have much time for making herself look gorgeous and hunting for boyfriends. She gets by, but the memory of her parents’ death keeps her curled up in her shell and prevents her from really ‘getting herself a life’.
When things start to happen to Karlie, they happen with a vengeance. A guy in her psychology class with the face of an Adonis starts to notice her. Her neighbour and surrogate grandmother/mother/father/family has her fourteen-year-old twin grandsons to stay for an unspecified time. This is where things start to go wonderfully right and horribly wrong. At…

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Why I Love the Rain

I've always enjoyed a summer rain shower and find thunderstorms energizing. When the clouds come rolling in and the wind picks up speed, I'm the first to welcome the first dollop of water that falls from the sky, or the quick burst of driving rain that soaks everything and everyone in its path. Yes, I'm a … Continue reading Why I Love the Rain

A Sad Anniversary

Today's Throwback Thursday post is running a little late. It's almost midnight here in my neck of the woods. I almost didn't write this post, but it seems wrong to let this day disintegrate without paying tribute to Rudy, our wonderful, faithful, loving companion. Rudy was put to rest two years ago today. I wrote … Continue reading A Sad Anniversary