The Park in Winter
Our local park is always teeming with people walking their dogs, biking, playing sports, swinging. This is the only time we’ve EVER had it to ourselves. It felt very peaceful and sleepy.
Our local park is always teeming with people walking their dogs, biking, playing sports, swinging. This is the only time we’ve EVER had it to ourselves. It felt very peaceful and sleepy.
Courting Mr. Emerson is the second Christian romance I’ve read by Melody Carlson. Even when something in her books isn’t to my taste, I still can’t stop reading. Courting Mr. Emerson was just such a book – entertaining even when I had concerns or pet peeves. And as its merits outweighed any of my pet …
Do hard times inspire us to write more, or dampen our creative spirit? In this workshop delivered at Poetry Society of Indiana’s 2020 Online Fall Rendezvous, Premier Poet Sarah E. Morin hosts an honest conversation about how living in trying times impacts us as writers.
Help me convince my friend that Jane Eyre and Rochester are a great couple!
Is the Hunger Games prequel as good as the original trilogy? I say it’s better.
Last night we launched the 2020 edition of The Polk Street Review.
Here’s a short clip from the twisted fairy tale writing workshop I gave at Fishers Library (Putting a New Spin on Sleeping Beauty). You have another chance to attend Oct 7 in Noblesville! For bonus points, spot the Star Trek reference in the clip.
Are you addicted to fairy tales, but want to tell them your way? I did it, and I’ll show you how you can, too.
It’s my first book trailer for Waking Beauty!
At last, I’m ready to unveil the illustrator for my forthcoming children’s picture book, “Rapunzel the Hairbrained!” Continue reading
Last week my husband and I were honored to attend the Nickel Plate Arts 5th Anniversary Party. Nickel Plate Arts is an arts organization in Noblesville, Indiana. They support a variety of arts along the old Nickel Plate Railroad. Their main campus houses a number of artists’ studios, but they also feature monthly exhibits and … Continue reading
My husband and I have been jointly nominated for a Nickel Plate Arts Award: Arts Entrepreneur of the Year. Continue reading
I’m a finalist! Vote for your favorite cat poem through a donation to FACE Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic. Continue reading
Looking for a fun project that will also have an impact on young girls? I am a published fantasy novelist and poet searching for an artist with a whimsical and wry style to illustrate a picture book for 3rd-5th graders. I have received a grant from Indiana Arts Commission to self-publish my poem, “Rapunzel the … Continue reading
The early bird…gets to be on TV.
Yesterday morning I went to Fox59 with Aili McGill of Nickel Plate Arts to talk up Fairyville on the morning news segment. Continue reading
Why write a eulogy for a Slinky? Find out in a behind-the-scenes scoop of the three poems I published in Indiana Voice Journal. Continue reading
Ringling Bros. Circus is closing down after 146 years. I feel like my parents just told me I’m too old to go trick-or-treating. I try to express this in 2 poems. Continue reading
I’m pleased to be included in this group of talented authors for Booktoberfest Nov 5 at Fishers Library! Find links to their sites here. Continue reading
Rarely will you find a series that is so gritty but offers such hope. Continue reading