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2026: Wooden Children Display for CASA

April is National Child Abuse Month in Garfield County, Oklahoma. Years ago, my husband was a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), and we still support them. Our community has come together to make wooden children representing abused or neglected children … Continue reading

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2026: Spring is in the Air!

It’s spring in Oklahoma! The first day was Friday and it was in the nineties. It might snow yet. Love those April snows, thick and don’t last too long. And we may break one hundred degrees. You never know. But … Continue reading

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2026: Conference and Festival Season

It’s that time of year again. No, not tornado season, though that is always on our minds. It’s contest and conference season if you are a writer. I inventoried my books the other day and decided I needed to order … Continue reading

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2025 – Vanessa Lillie – Tornado Alley SinC Speaker

This year’s annual 2026 Writers Conference Tornado Alley – Sisters In Crime will be a ​One-Day Writers Conference on Saturday, March 21, 2026, 9am to 4pm CST at St. Thomas More University Parish, 100 Stinson, Norman OK 73072, $40.00 for members, $50.00 … Continue reading

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2025: Smugglers of Sandhill Island

Smugglers of Sandhill Island is the final in the Sandhill Island series. If you haven’t read them, they are available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Smugglers-Sandhill-Island-Peggy-Chambers/dp/1509261788/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12FZU9RGL3USE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4iKLd_gxus4Ioyipwl6ANo3lmxO_iYFZEiJ4wNYYkpPGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.5lt6uvZjgQvI-S1ZpD-orpVdc2plFfI9ngjg71l6DYw&dib_tag=se&keywords=smugglers+of+sandhill+island+peggy+chambers&qid=1772372332&sprefix=smugglers+of+sandhill+island+peggy+chambers%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1 or bookstores everywhere and online. I love the characters who live on this little island on … Continue reading

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2026: Enid Writers Club Short Story Scholarship

ENID WRITERS CLUBSHORT STORY SCHOLARSHIPOPEN DATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 12th, 2026CLOSE DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 2026AWARD: $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPEligibility: High School Seniors attending a Garfield, Grant, or Major County OK high schooland who will be attending college/university/technical school in the 2025 school … Continue reading

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2026: Yesterday Was Valentine’s Day

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and to show what old couples do on that day, my husband and I bought each other the exact same box of candy! Ha! No, that wasn’t a plan. I guess we just have the same … Continue reading

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2026: Enid Author Fest

We’ve made it to February! You know how I feel about winter and spring is just a little more than a month away. The temperatures are beginning to feel like spring. My husband and I took a walk yesterday around … Continue reading

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2026: Author, Susan Harris Howell

My guest blogger today is Susan Harris Howell. She is the author of The Spirit of Vanderlaan and writes cozy mysteries. Please welcome her. Susan, please give us a summary of The Spirit of Vanderlaan in thirty words or less: … Continue reading

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2026: Interview with Mary Ann Jacobs

Mary Ann and I have never met but she commented on my blog the other day and since we both write for the same publisher, I decided to get to know her. And now you can get to know her … Continue reading

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