We set these ambitious goals and all is well. We are laser focused and doing all we can to accomplish our goals. Then something called, “life” happens. I was making blogs every week. Sometimes several times a week. The last one was on February 04th. Which, I don’t even remember because of all that has … More A RESET!
I have officially driven myself crazy. But in a good way – sorta! I thought I was finally done with the front cover design of the books. So, I ordered a few copies. When I opened the box, my first impression was the right impression. When I was designing the cover, I was looking at … More SETTLED AND AT PEACE!
As I was finishing up the edits on the 3rd book, Her Yankee Heart, Jason and I went back to the Monocacy Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. (https://www.nps.gov/mono/index.htm) Our initial plan was to stop by the Best Farm. You can see it in the background. But due to the snow, we couldn’t get in. So, it … More A GLOBAL NEED!
It is slow and steady back on the ice! But this is how it needs to be until I am fully recovered. I see this with the project as well. Updating the books is a very slow and steady process too. But rushing ahead, hurting myself, and overlooking mistakes, is seriously not the way to … More 2026 & GOALS!
January 01, 2026! Happy New Year! I have a list of goals that I am already working on for the project. If you have followed along with my blogs, over the years I have talked about puzzle pieces. I actually started a new 1,000 piece puzzle. What was I thinking? But I took the challenge. … More HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS!
Part of being in business, is also the need for professional organization. Let me just say this right now, it’s really not one of my stronger virtues. I am actually very bad with it. But it isn’t just about writing, books or scripts, it is also about administration. We are far enough a long that … More A TIME OF ORDER!
After feeling like I couldn’t possibly be stretched any further or I would I literally snap, God showed me one of the books with a white border, around the already mirrored border. I didn’t want to go back to editing again. I wanted to move forward. But I did it anyway. Of course, God is … More GOD’S IMAGINATION!
Not gonna lie, I was starting to get extremely discouraged. There have been so many changes to the books over the last 17 years, like is this ever going to happen? Will the books ever be right? God then showed me a vision of the Wright Brothers and all their attempts to create the airplane. … More AT THE PROPER TIME!
“Perseverance accomplished what at first seemed impossible.” Colonel Henry Knox Continental Army; American Revolution Colonel Knox stated the above quote after Crossing the Delaware in blizzard conditions. As often as I can, I visit Washington’s Crossing on the Pennsylvania side. This is where some of the soldiers and one officer are buried. Right below that … More PERSEVERANCE ACCOMPLISHED!
Big Round Top Gettysburg, PA! It is where the story of Summer Ray began on February 09, 2009! You can’t see the hill but it’s there. I never get tired of hiking or driving up to it. I actually do it a lot. Normally in the snow, it’s a hike. But it is also a … More THERE IS STILL BEAUTY!
