I’m back for the third installment of Writer Wednesday. Here is this month’s prompt:

 

When I was a kid, summer vacations were usually spent camping or visiting family in Ohio or Texas. Texas was fun, because we stayed with my aunt at a resort, where there was tons of stuff to do, and Ohio was fun, because I had literally dozens of cousins to play with.

When I hit 13, I started taking vacations with my best friend Donna and her family. We traveled to several states in her parents’ motorhome and did lots of camping, but they also had a cabin in Ocala National Forest where we would often stay. Donna would bring her mini-bike (larger than a moped, but smaller than a motorcycle), and we would ride all over the dirt roads in the area. Wherever we went, we were usually on the lookout for cute guys to hang out with. In fact, how many cute guys we found determined the success or failure of a vacation.

On one of those trips, we were out on the bike and ran out of gas, and a guy named Eddie stopped to help us. He was really nice, but he didn’t count as one of our “cute guys,” because he was OLD. (He was 25.)  We ended up seeing him several more times, and when we were ready to head home, he wanted to stay in touch, so we gave him Donna’s address.

The next weekend, I was staying at her house, and an envelope from Eddie arrived. Inside were two pieces of paper folded in thirds. On one he had written, “For Donna’s eyes only,” and on the other, “For Carol’s eyes only.” I unfolded mine and read it. He had filled the page confessing his undying love for me in rather flowery prose. He ended with, “Please don’t let Donna read this. I don’t want her to know how I feel about you.” We both finished reading, looked at each other, and did what any other 15-year-old best friends would do–we traded letters. Of course, hers said exactly the same thing as mine, with the same caution at the end. Eddie may have been OLD, but if he really thought we would keep our letters secret, he didn’t know diddly squat about teenage girls!

What fun stuff did you do during summer vacation? To check out what some of my friends posted, click the following links. (For future Writer Wednesday topics, see the calendar below.)

Kay Hudson – Jamie Wesley – KD Fleming – Kat Cantrell – Kathleen Bittner Roth – Kristen Ethridge –

Natalie Meg Evans – Priscilla Kissinger – Sharon Wray – Wendy LaCapra

Conny Withay reviewed Hidden Identity, my July release, on her blog and gave it 4.5 of 5 stars. She said, “With twists and turns, Post engages the reader to realize how important trust is in a relationship.”

To read the full review, click here.

We’re back for the second installment of Writer Wednesdays, a year-long blog party by a group of Firebirds (2012 Golden Heart finalists). Here is this month’s prompt:

This is an interesting one for me, because…I don’t have a desk! I think if I had to actually sit in an office, it would hamper my creativity. So I have several places where I write. When I get bogged down and the words aren’t flowing the way I’d like them to, it’s time for a change of scenery. I move from the dining room table to the screen room to the recliner to a beach chair in the front yard.

But there’s usually at least one “object” that follows me wherever I choose to write.

This one:

Or this one:

Or this one:

Sometimes I’m blessed with all three:

All three of my animals are rescues. We got Midnight (our black cat) from the pound a couple of hours before he was going to be gassed. Itsy (our gray and white cat) came from the Humane Society, and Morgan (our long-haired dachshund) was taken out of a very abusive home. I think animals understand what we save them from and respond by giving us their undying love. And what better inspiration is there than that?

Now that you’ve read about the favorite “items” on my desk, check out what my writer friends have written. (For future topics, see the calendar below.)

Kay Hudson – Jamie Wesley – Jean Willett – KD Fleming – Kat Cantrell – Kathleen Bittner Roth – Kristen Ethridge – Lauren Christopher – Natalie Meg Evans – Priscilla Kissinger – Sharon Wray – Tamra Baumann – Wendy LaCapra

This month, we are celebrating the release of KD Fleming’s Her Hometown Reporter.

TOBY HENDRICKS HAS THE INSIDE SCOOP ON GINA LAWSON 

The reporter is looking for a story that’ll be his ticket out of his small Georgia town. With her political connections, legal assistant Gina Lawson could help Toby realize his aspirations. Their friendship is just an added bonus, but falling in love isn’t part of his five-year plan.
Gina’s devoted to her family and community, and doesn’t plan to ever leave. Though she finds her favorite reporter maddeningly irresistible, she must guard her heart. But when a betrayal of trust threatens to shatter both their dreams, will Gina and Toby learn that they share the same values after all?

AMAZON – BARNES & NOBLE – HARLEQUIN

 

 

I’m back at The Suspense Zone where Susan Sleeman is interviewing me. See a picture of my writing space (it’s not what you’d think) and learn about the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. Join me at The Suspense Zone by clicking here.

 

Hallee Bridgeman is interviewing me on her blog today. Wanna know my inspiration for writing and my first screen crushes? Join us by clicking here.

I used to love entering contests. I would carefully read the rules and condense them down to an easy-to-follow list that I would check, double check and triple check before sending in my entry. Then I would mark the calendar and anxiously count off the days until the finalists would be announced. In those early entries, I have to admit that I made almost every mistake imaginable. – See more at Seekerville.

Join me for a game of “Would You Rather…” on Jessica R. Patch’s blog. Would You Rather…

Susan Sleeman is interviewing me on her blog today. Wanna hear the craziest thing and the scariest thing I’ve ever done? Join us at The Suspense Zone.

 I am amazed and heartbroken over how many pets are just discarded.

Shortly before my husband and I were to leave for the holidays, a tenant moved out of one of our rental properties and abandoned five dogs—a black lab named Jackson, a lab/cur mix named Bruno and a dachshund mix with two puppies.

For the rest of this post, visit Roxanne Rustand’s blog by clicking here.

Not much strikes fear in the heart of a new writer like having to write a synopsis (or suck-nopsis as an author friend of mine likes to call it.) And they’re not a whole lot of fun for the experienced writer, either. But there are some tricks to make the process a little less harrowing.

For the rest of this post, join me at Savvy Authors by clicking here.