Skip to main content

Easter

How was your Easter, friends?

I had a great time with this handsome man and my family.


I made brownies from my "new" 1950 edition Betty Crocker Cook Book. I'm going to assume they were good. And by assume I mean my family ate them all before I got to taste test them. I'm taking that as a compliment!
(And an excuse to make them again.😋)

After dinner the fellas tossed a frisbee while my nephews tried to catch it, running and laughing and being way too short to ever reach it. There was the customary egg hunt. My niece and nephews are finally old enough that they get what's going on. My favorite thing was my sis asking my niece why she wasn't playing with the boys afterward. "You love to play outside," she said. My niece responded, while opening yet another candy, "I do, but I like chocolate better." Me, too, peach! Me too!🤣




******



Book I just finished:

The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli


Real love is the strongest kind of steel. It's a blade that can be melted down, its form changed with every bang of the hammer, but to break it is a task no one is capable of. Not even Death.

The best parts of this book are the almost magical sister bond and the simmery romance between Roa and Dax! I'm hoping for at least one more book in this series. Political intrigue, action, romance, desert sand, dragons, & magic. Yes, please!



******


Really cool thing!

Speaking of Miss Ciccarelli, she shared my Instagram photo of The Caged Queen in her stories.


How cool is that?
I'm totally doing all the fangirling! No shame.



******


Nonfiction:

I don't typically read a lot of nonfiction. When I do pick it up, sometimes all I do is flip through and skim for anything that might interest me. Project You is one of those books.


It's full of things like hobbies, snacks, music, and more. Everything is geared toward self-care. I'm interested to see what goodies I find.



******


Book I started today:

Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse


I'm eighteen pages in and already hooked. This book pulls you in pretty quick.

From the back cover:
Dreamwalker. Nightwatcher. Lady of Ravenwood.
Lady Selene has come into her family's power.
But has she inherited a gift or a curse?

Ooo. *chillbumps*

I know how I'm spending my weekend.😉



Blessings,
J 💙






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Spring is Here!🌷

 Happy spring, friends!🌞🌱 We've had a lot of rain here in the Hoosier state. It's getting warmer, and things are greening up. I can't wait for sunny days when I can go for walks and start working on my garden. This year, I'm planning to try my hand at container gardening. My garden plot is pretty small to start with. I like things that are straightforward and practical. So, this seems like it might be a good fit. And less weeding! Which is good, because I'm continuing to work through final tweaks for Champion's Sword . I should be done by the end of April. Then I'll move on to formatting, followed by one final read to check for commas and such. I'm looking forward to refilling my creative well and returning to drafting after so long in editing land.😉 Reading . . . This month, I re-read Spells for Forgetting  by Adrienne Young. And I finally got my hands on Ignite  by Kara Swanson. If you've read Champion's Key , you'll understand why this ...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Book, Vikings, and Fall

Obviously, the first thing I'm going to mention in this week's blog is the fact that A Desperate Love  has officially released! Yay!😁 For those of you who live here, I am doing a giveaway at the Flora Library. Why not swing by and enter (Rules prohibit family from entering. Sorry!)? Grab a free key chain while you're at it (I made them myself, so supplies are limited.) 🕮 One of my sister's posted this picture of her copy of my book. Isn't it great? Speaking of sisters, another sister (I have a lot of them💙💚💛💜) text me her opinion/personal review of my book. "AWESOME! I loved it! It was well written, intriguing, suspenseful, and had Christian principles without being cheesy!" --H. Maybe she's partial, but it made me feel so loved. 💙 🕮 Thing I am watching this week: The History Channel's Vikings . I am 2/3 of the way through Season 1. I wasn't sure at first, but...
Post a Comment
Read more

Visuals 2

I have been so busy this week, friends. How about you? I'm also super excited about "A Desperate Love" coming out! As we get closer to the release, I've been thinking about how crazy this journey has been. Did you know that I originally wrote the entire thing out with pencil and paper? The Entire Thing! Who does that? Me, apparently! Most recently I've been doing my editing amid construction noise.  This process has included, but has not been limited to, writing in my dining room within reach of a basketball hoop, saving money for a year to buy my Chrome Book, learning how to market myself online, typing for hours , going into work on my days off to type . . . etc., etc. Honestly, it is a story in itself! And now, I present to you, more pictures from my Desperate Love Pinterest board. These are a few of the pictures I used to inspire me and to keep me focused on what I had in mind. How I envision Lady Olivia. How I envi...
Post a Comment
Read more