don’t cry

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.” –Marjorie Pay Hinckley photo

speaking

Yay! I’ve been asked to speak at ANOTHER writing conference. This one is the League of Utah Writers spring workshop, where I’ll be talking about the basics of writing. It’s the end of March in Bountiful. Scary! Exciting!

disqualified

I’m sad because I found out I’m disqualified from entering the LDS Storymakers 1st Chapter contest. I flunked the drug test. er. No, actually, there’s a rule I didn’t notice before: if you have a published book–or even a signed contract...

sorta not because of my writing skills but…

I just got a phone call asking me to be one of the speakers at the American Fork writing conference in April. Yay! I’ve always wanted to do this! Except! Now I’m scared! I’m supposed to speak on blogging and self-promotion. Well, the blogging part I...

pretending

My genius daughter made me a book cover for The So Called Novel. I love it overmuch. I know it’s cheating, but I’m going to have one–maybe two– copies printed. I got a coupon for a free copy when I entered ABNA, and then another for doing...