One of my first writing mentors recently passed away. Not only was he one of my first critique partners, he was also the reason I joined Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and got my first publishing contract. But despite all the sound advice my friend gave me, he never published a book himself, although he certainly…
How has your new year gone so far? I’m in the throes of agony. My janetlane.net website went down for two scary days before my service reinstated it. To add insult to injury, for some mysterious reason my hosting techs have not been able to fix, my email service allows me to send out emails,…
I submitted a query to a publisher, based off the recommendation from another publisher. I got a positive response, but a request to address some issues and if I felt I could do that, to resubmit. Yeah, me! I made the edits, resubmitted, and my excitement starting to climb. I then got an e-mail from…
I can read your mind. Oh, no, not another social media platform I have to learn. Spare me. Hold that thought while I share a few facts from the Pew Research Center. There are 500,000,000 users of Instagram (IG). That’s not five million. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION. And 300,000,000 of those are active users, meaning they…
Harper McDavid & Zapata Mary Johnson (a.k.a. Harper McDavid) lives in Morrison with her husband, two dogs, and big-boned cat. Her debut novel, Zapata, a romantic suspense, was published in 2019 by Soul Mate Publishing. She’s been a Colorado Gold finalist twice and is currently pantsing her way through a second novel, Proximity of Betrayal,…