by Heather | Dec 12, 2015 | Blog, randomness
The other night I was at a church women’s Christmas party and we had cards on the table with holiday questions we had to ask. One of them asked about our most memorable Christmas. You know what I’m talking about–that one year when things were...
by Heather | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, randomness
I know Halloween is still a few days away, and the leaves here are still half green (I really love Kansas weather). Christmas started early for me this year as I worked on a Christmas-themed story, or two, and I’m testing out a bunch of Christmas recipes for my...
by Heather | Oct 10, 2013 | Blog, randomness
The best laid plans always go awry, don’t they? I had intended to have my fourth Sweet Bites mystery, Eggnog & Extortion out by now, and it’s sitting on my hard drive at 13,000 words. I do have a lot of other stuff that’s sucked up writing time,...
by Heather | Jan 21, 2013 | Blog, randomness
Neil Giaman is a writer of novels, comic books, children’s books, screenplays and many other things in multiple genres who has made a career of his writing for decades. He spoke at a university commencement last spring about being a creative person, making...
by Heather | Mar 6, 2012 | Blog, randomness
My husband sent me this from Ars Technica. I had to share because it was such a terrific example of homonyms, misuse of phrases, and malaprops. It made me smile.
by Heather | Sep 2, 2011 | Blog, randomness, winner
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to run a spa? I’ve been doing research on hotels, their departments and structure for a series of books I’m working on. Since it’s been over a decade since I worked at a hotel—and it wasn’t nearly the caliber of establishment that...