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FOR THE LOVE OF READING For Valentine's day I chose the quote below, because I reread all the books I love over and over...

Finally! Winter Shadows will be released in paperback on September 11, 2012, and is now available on Amazon for pre-ordering! ...

Charles Dickens "Only jolter-headed, conceited idiots suppose that volumes are to be tossed off like pancakes, and that any ...

"I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in a crumpled up attitude in a chai...

I was walking slowly past a particular house the other day (not the one above) - one that I often see on my now much shortened ...

I love this quote. It is so true! “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought ...

"It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer's day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again, and ...

Winter Shadows has just been just selected for the : VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Top Shelf for Middle School Readers 2011 list ...

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”      W. Somerset Maugham ...

Two winged creatures can be found in Addy's world - one is a tapestry angel, the other, a battered old parrot. One is silent, t...

Photo Margaret Buffie, 2010 - a tiny corner of my office window. Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowfl...

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow...

"Ghost of the Future," he exclaimed, "I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me ...

A Grand denouement c an be delicious… The word denouement is from the old French desnouer ( “ to unknot ” ) and from the Latin n...

Two quotes by  Beverly Cleary. My daughter adored her books about Beezus and Ramona. And now her daughter loves them just as much. ...

I was told by a children's lit prof once, that some of the students in his class, after reading my books, were sure there were ...

A lot of people don't realize until they've read Winter Shadows that the entire story is spun around a Victorian Christ...

I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all. E. B. White

I suppose you could make a writer of the era above cry if you took away her pencils and paper. But to make a modern writer cry in frus...

How do you read a book? From the beginning to the end? I have one friend, who may be reading this post, who does it like that. Every t...

For those of you who decide to become a member of my site, there are a few things to remember. 1) It is easy to join even with the dauntin...

My fourth e-novel is now up on Kindle. Angels Turn Their Backs. You can see its e-cover in my e-books section in this blog and a descriptio...

I finally figured out how to put "Comments" up on my home page. You can see the tiny comment tab below each of my posts -- and o...

My daughter just loaded three of my own novels as  e-books onto Amazon Kindle which readers can download! She did a fantastic job! The Watc...