Family, Gratitude, Life Lessons, Quotes, Writing

All Things Gratitude

Gratitude fills my heart, my home, my life. And I'm so grateful for that. But I also realize that it's all too easy to get busy with living and default, as human beings often do, to feelings other than gratitude, forgetting to be grateful. Especially for the small, simple things in life that make a… Continue reading All Things Gratitude

Fun, Writing

Shear Deception Now Available!

Book two in the Melanie Hogan Mysteries, Shear Deception, is now available. Book three, Shear Malice, is in progress. Amazon, Welcome to the Bookstore When a body is discovered in the woods by Melanie’s Minnesota lake house, it nearly gets both her and her estranged mother, Violet, killed. Melanie retreats to the familiar and comfortable… Continue reading Shear Deception Now Available!

Fun, Quotes, Writing

Shear Madness is now Available!

My second book, Shear Madness, is now available!  **Doing a little happy dance** Melanie Hogan is anything but your average beauty salon owner. She’s created a life for herself that’s an exact contradiction to that of her wanderlust, absentee mother who bailed on her when Melanie was four years old. She has gone above and… Continue reading Shear Madness is now Available!

Faith and Spirituality, Writing

The Inheritance – Prologue

I want to share the prologue to my novel, The Inheritance. If interested, it can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, and Old Firehouse Books. ********************************************************************* The stars shone brilliantly above, sparkling through the moon roof of the Mercedes, the countryside speeding by as the car hugged the road's twists and curves neatly… Continue reading The Inheritance – Prologue

Gratitude, Writing

T.G.I.F. – Gratitude Friday

My Top Three This Week: 3.)  Publishing a blog post and seeing the pop-up box that says no errors have been found! 🙂 2.)  My novel, The Inheritance, completed and available on Amazon, and that sweet feeling of thankfulness as I held that first copy in my hands. 1.)  An early morning walk with my dog, Roxie, a cup… Continue reading T.G.I.F. – Gratitude Friday

Family, Fun, Gratitude, Writing

Drumroll…

My novel, The Inheritance, is now out in softcover, as well as Kindle, at Amazon.  I would be immensely grateful to anyone who feels led to share this on their blog to help spread the word. Thank you so much! It's this writing community of amazing bloggers that has given me the courage and inspiration to keep… Continue reading Drumroll…