“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Food for Writer Thought
“When we work, we must work with audacity and fearlessness….The writer must turn off the self-censor.” ~ Steven Pressfield, http://ping.fm/RVabc
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Great Pantyhose Debate Revisited
I’ve been absent from the blog because I’ve been writing. I’ve discovered that if I want to write on a new book, as well as some other bits and pieces, I have had to cut down on other activities. I am a person very easily distracted. I’ve also cut down on television watching and correspondence,…
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New Book Winner on a Hot Summer Day
Congratulations to Connie Cox, fellow writer and blogger, for winning the latest giveaway! I’ll be putting copies of Little Town, Great Big Life and Cold Tea on a Hot Day in the mail to her. My thanks to all of you for visiting my blog, celebrating the new book with me, and for your kind…
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One More Time–‘Little Town, Great Big Life’ Book Giveaway
Here’s how I got the title of Little Town, Great Big Life: I am a fan of the country music duo Sugarland. On one of our long driving trips back home to Oklahoma from Alabama, I heard the Sugarland song, Everyday America. That’s just what I write! Oh, I fell in love with that song.…
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Book Winner, and a call to ‘Pray, Baby, Pray.’
Congratulations to Dana from the Stone Rabbit blog! Dana is the winner of Lost Highways and Driving Lessons. I heard her squeal all the way from Kansas. Give yourself a treat and click on her blog. In the interest of full disclosure, another person won first, but when I sent the email to notify her,…
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Tuesday Two Book Giveaway
Congratulations to Carolyn Mers, the winner of the weekend giveaway of Chin Up, Honey and Little Town, Great Big Life! Today’s new giveaway is for the first two books of the Valentine Series: Lost Highways and Driving Lessons. As often in writing, I began with an idea and ended up with something quite different. As…
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