“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Gleanings– When it Comes to the Writer’s Life…
What is it about being pressed and denied alone time for writing that makes me absolutely furious to write? Some perverse bent within me. I have 10 minutes before a small boy hits my door, demanding my attention. No sooner did I sit here at this blank page, than the new puppy barked to go…
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Bestselling Christmas romance, Miracle On I-40 at 99¢ and now in print!
I am very much like Anna in this story— there exists in me a fair sized piece of the child who still believes in Santa Claus, even though my heart has been torn and battered over the years. I’ve always thought, as does Lacey in this story, that Christmas is just a darn good idea.…
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Gleanings–from Deborah Chester and Distractions and Miracle On I-40
And I feel that I must now fight off every kind of interruption and intrusion into my inner space, my mind, my imagination, my thoughts, my very being. ~ Deborah Chester, in her blog post: Pressing Forward I’ve read this blog post from Deborah Chester many times. It helps me to see myself and my…
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Gleanings, Maisel, and a bit from Valentine
“Remember: you must hold your own good opinion of yourself…Second place, fifth place, a hundredth place, a millionth. Love yourself anyway and keep rebounding and resubmitting manuscripts.” ~ Eric Maisel This in in line with the duty to make ourselves happy, and to do that again and again. I read Steven Pressfield’s Writing Wednesdays post…
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Gleanings– Karon, Maisel, Beattie, the reading chair
Now reading Jan Karon’s Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good, and enjoying it immensely! He had never lacked for something to do, some problem to solve, someone to try and make happy. Then came the course in clergy counseling, and the contemporary notion that he couldn’t possibly make someone else happy, such business was entirely up…
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Gleanings, on the road
I will be on the road when this posts tomorrow, returning from the Novelists Inc. conference in St. Petersburg Beach. The major gleaning from the conference is that the people who are the most successful in their careers and life are those who love what they do and are the most generous. As we give,…
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
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