String o' Pearls

I have been AWOL from the blog for quite some time now (what else is new?!).  There have been so many family goings-on since I was here last...

One of the major life influences I had growing up was my late father's sister, Nancy (but she went by the childhood nickname "Toni,...

Back in mid-December, I was given the opportunity to do a book signing at our [relatively] new parish in VA, along with a much better-known ...

My last post  here at String of Pearls bemoaned the fact that my writing career has been somewhat less than stellar, in terms of worldly su...

I received an email recently that I've been expecting, but it kind of broke my heart a little bit nonetheless.  The publisher of my two ...

I am currently running a giveaway on Instagram.  On July 25, I will randomly pick the winner who will receive one signed copy of my YA novel...

I may have two published novels out there, but I don't think of myself as an exceptionally talented writer.  I'm not even the best w...

I love to write.  Writing is my favorite. And one of my favorite subjects to write about, not so oddly enough, is writing. So yes, as th...

Once upon a time, when I was writing novels, I would have given my eye teeth to have an office space to work in like the one I have now.  Th...

When I first started blogging in the spring of 2011, I could hardly wait to sit at my laptop every day to write about favorite family memori...