by LoriBenton | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m back from the WaterBrook Author Retreat. It was intense, educational, motivational: The authors who gathered for this retreat (Joanne Bischof, Katie Ganshert, Mona Hodgson, Meg Moseley, Cindy Woodsmall, Mindy Starns Clark, Kim Vogel Sawyer and me) were given...
by LoriBenton | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
I read a lot of blogs. Many are helpful to me as a writer, or entertaining to me as a reader. Sometimes, though, I find a gem. I’ve got one of those for you today. It’s a two-parter on the subject of interviews (primarily but not exclusively for writers),...
by LoriBenton | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here’s a favorite dessert for summer. Since I’m rather deathly allergic to most fresh fruit, this is how I get to enjoy my strawberries. I’m not complaining. 🙂 A tip for making better pie crusts: I started out making pie crusts with Crisco and butter...
by LoriBenton | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
I visited author Kaye Dacus’s blog today and in commenting on her post I realized I had a subject to blog about. Always a happy discovery. In answering the question she posed (you’ll have to visit her blog to find out what that was), I got to nattering...
by LoriBenton | Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Recently author Diana Gabaldon gave her readers a blog tour of her research library. While I wish I had the capacious shelves she does (and the avid readers!), my research library-in-the-making is admittedly quite a bit smaller. At present, it’s scattered about...
by LoriBenton | Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week I came across two 18th century research/writing resources that I’ve been eager to share with my blog readers. I’ve been reveling in them all week. Now you can too. Firstly: Contemporary Makers is a blog devoted to highlighting contemporary...
