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It Could Be Worse. It Could Be -45°.
It could be worse. It could be -45°. That was my first thought when I scrolled through Facebook and saw the low temperatures my friends, both near and far, were posting. Curious, I checked the local temperature on my phone. "It's -21°," I told my husband. He shook his...
Jane Threw Her Bible Away
Jane threw her Bible away years before she moved to Little Missouri. Her lack of faith is a major player in See Jane Run! Finding a way to show rather than tell readers why Jane threw her Bible away was a real challenge. My daughter, who is doing a final consistency...
To Take an Editor’s Advice–or Not–Is Tricky Business
To take an editor's advice or not is, at least in my book, is a tricky business. In this case, the book is See Jane Run! I cut my fiction writing teeth on this story. Writing the manuscript took the better part of ten years with interruptions due to the births of 4...
Bone Broth: When Old-Fashioned Goes Vogue
Bone broth is a new fancy, schmancy name for what I've been making for years. I first made it in the late 1970s after we moved to Harding County. Only we didn't use the now trendy term "bone broth." If we boiled a chicken or turkey carcass in a pot of water for a...
See Jane Run into 2021
See Jane run into 2021. Or to be more accurate, see me dance for joy because the revisions to See Jane Run! requested by the publisher are done. That means the manuscript is off my plate for a few months as it's now with book coach Anne Fleck for a consistency edit....
Christmas Baking and Sweetened Condensed Milk
Christmas baking and sweetened condensed milk are a dynamic duo for six weeks during the holidays. However, this combination can lead to problems for those who live in rural areas. I became acquainted with some of those problems during the first fall we lived 23 miles...