2022: OWFI Conference!
Last week was Enid Author Fest and this week is the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. It’s conference time! It seems like years (it has been) since we’ve been able to…Continue Reading
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2023: Enid Author Fest
It’s Author Fest time! Each year for the past five or so, the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County has hosted an author fest. I’ve loved being a part…Continue Reading
2022: Enid Author Fest
The Public Library of Enid and Garfield County is having the Enid Author Fest Saturday, April 23, 2022, from 1-5 pm. Like a lot of things, it’s been two years…Continue Reading
Never A Dull Moment
I can remember on more than one occasion asking each of my three sons what had possessed them to try what they had tried. They did get into some precarious…Continue Reading
2022: Back to the Garden
It’s spring! I know because I worked on the lawn yesterday. Not really the lawn, but pots around the lawn. I made my maiden voyage to the greenhouse and spent…Continue Reading
Mosey Frye Mysteries
Fans of MURDER IN HIGH COTTON should know that another haunting tale from the Arkansas Delta is coming their way. Book #4, THE SUMMER HOUSE AT LARKSPUR, a full-length novel,…Continue Reading
The Lady and the Laird
My new historical, “The Lady and the Laird” will be released Monday, March 21st from TheWildRosePress. The romantic comedy set in the Highlands of Scotland. One of my favorite places…Continue Reading
Great Scott!
When was the phrase first used? A familiar old inoffensive exclamation, popular in the second half of the 1800’s and the early 1900’s was possibly a substitution for saying Great…Continue Reading
Around the Fire welcomes back author and fellow camper, Tena Stetler.
Have I ever told you I love camping? Okay, well if you just laughed in derision Glamping. The first few weeks on The Great Bend were a bit on the…Continue Reading
2022: Writing Talk – Settings
I thought we’d talk a little bit about setting today in our discussion about writing. All stories have a setting – it is important enough that it can be another…Continue Reading
2022: Once Upon a Time – Beginning Your Story
I thought we might talk a little about the art of writing in the next few weeks. I work with the teen writers at the local library, and we’ve worked…Continue Reading
I’m hearing impaired, but an audiobook convert.
Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, said, “Change is the only constant in life.” I’m a firm believer in this. One time a former employer asked me why I always wanted to…Continue Reading
Greetings fellow earthlings! Oh, and if any of you are aliens then, ghIlab (Klingon). Thanks for joining us from wherever you are. I can’t believe it’s February already. It’s the month of…Continue Reading
Writing and Weaving share more than the letter W.
Recently, I’ve become obsessed with weaving. Haven’t been this fired up about anything in quite some time. But it really started twenty years ago when I began rescuing farm animals….Continue Reading
Thank you and a recipe to share Around The Fire
Hello and Happy Saturday. I’m coming to you from the Sunshine State and since it’s still January, I feel free to look back at last year and all the happenings….Continue Reading
2020: Blooming Greed
It happens this week! Blooming Greed, the second in the Keystone Lake Series, releases for sale on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. I love this story and I love the setting….Continue Reading
