When my kids were little, one of their favorite stories to read was: The Night Before the Night Before Christmas by by Natasha Wing (Author), Mike Lester (Illustrator). It's a cute little story about everything that can go wrong before Christmas doing exactly that (most of it spurred by the idea that mom gets sick and dad doesn't quite... Continue Reading →
Countdown to Christmas – Keeping the Magic
Find a way to keep the magic alive for the people in your life - even adults need to laugh and play.
Countdown to Christmas – Magical Christmas Chaos
That Christmas, he brought a bag of chestnuts to my mom in the hopes that in all her culinary wisdom, would recreate this gastronomical memory.
Permanently Exhausted Pigeon
I am not ignoring you I promise. Life - life has gotten in the way of creativity and writing and pretty much everything. This season is usually busy for me - not only Christmas, but in our house it is birthday season. Three our of four of us have birthdays between November and December and... Continue Reading →
The Sneezle Solution
You would never catch a cold from a witch’s school. That’s because at the very first sign of a cold, our moms and dads rush off to the Witch Doctor to get the Sneezle Solution.
Novellas or editing?
Question for all my wordsmiths out there. I have two novellas, one is about 30,000 words and the other about 40,000. Would you keep them as novellas or go back and edit and stretch it until the word count hits 50.000? I told the stories, but maybe I could add more dialogue. I am always... Continue Reading →
The Complete Cauldron
Meet Ella, she's just a regular wand witch having a little trouble getting through school. She's always in trouble, but we like her that way.