Getting it Write

Learning is a life long process.  The older I get (and mind you, I’m still just 29), the more I understand exactly what I don’t know. Before my son, I figured I had the parenting thing down pat.  I was ready y’all; I knew I could do this.  After all, I had contributed to the […]

Happy Valentine’s Day

I had a conversation with a good friend awhile back, who was lamenting about her current relationship.  She complained about her boyfriend at the time, who she felt didn’t really care about her because: He didn’t indulge her tantrums He didn’t allow her mother and sisters to dominate his relationship He didn’t pay all of […]

Prompt: “What’s mine is mine. What’s yours is up for grabs.”

“Well, that went . . . okay,” Elizabeth Patton glanced fondly over her shoulder at her husband, Steve, who had just come in from the dining room.  He rested a warm hand on her waist as he slipped the last of the dinner dishes into the sink. “You’re a wonderful hostess,” he said, as he […]

River City Romance Writers 21st Annual Duel on the Delta Contest

  Who will be left standing?     21st Annual Duel on the Delta Contest is now open for entries! Entries will be received from January 1 – April 15, 2011. Price: 20 pages (and optional one page synopsis) for $25. Click here for rules and registration form. Only electronic entries will be accepted.   […]

The Daphne is Open!

Let the prestigious Daphne Award take your writing career to the next level. Does the changing industry have you flummoxed? You’re not alone. But while you’re scratching your noggin, and wondering what step to take next in your writing career, there’s still one organization and contest that stands firmly behind the author’s writing–that adds a level of prestige […]