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2025: Annual Enid Author Fest

Yesterday the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County hosted the seventh annual Enid Author Fest. It is unbelievable that it has been going on this long. I remember helping Margo Holmes when she came up with this nugget of … Continue reading

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2025: Annual Enid Author Fest Next Weekend

Saturday, April 19, 2025, is the annual Enid Author’s Fest at the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County, 120 West Maine, Enid, OK from noon to 4 pm. Authors from all over Oklahoma will be selling, reading, and signing … Continue reading

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2025: The Snow That Didn’t Happen

I thought I’d write about the snow this morning. The last one of the season—that was to happen in April. And then I got up to find the sun shining and 40 degrees. It’s Oklahoma. I’m not griping. I am … Continue reading

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2025: Smugglers of Sandhill Island

I am so excited about the third and final novel in the Sandhill Island series, Smugglers of Sandhill Island. The edits are final, and the beautiful cover is complete. I am waiting for a release date. You’ll be the first … Continue reading

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Tornado Alley SinC Writing Conference

I went to the Tornado Alley writers conference yesterday in Norman. It’s a two-hour drive for me from Enid. But I made that drive every other Saturday for two years while I was getting my Paralegal certificate (as I worked … Continue reading

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2025: Blowing in New Cars

Oklahoma almost blew away last Friday. Wildfires were everywhere and many homes were destroyed. We were lucky. I only had to clean up the dirt after the windstorm. However, I heard that tornadoes and hail pummeled Missouri and Arkansas ahead … Continue reading

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2025: New Books, Writing Conferences, and Cataracts

It’s been an eventful week. I had cataract surgery (second eye), and I whined a lot about that. In case you’re facing it, you will find it is not that bad other than the first day. But it is done, … Continue reading

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2025: Sisters in Crime Annual Writing Conference

The annual Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime writing conference will be held March 22, 2025, in Norman. There’s a great line up of presenters including the keynote speaker, Hank Phillipi Ryan. Each year the club picks a charity to support … Continue reading

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2025: Tornado AlleySinC Conference

It’s almost spring, I know because the frozen tundra we’ve been living with is melting and the sun is out. I often attend several conferences and workshops in Oklahoma during the year. I love the opportunity to hear different speakers … Continue reading

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2025: And it Snowed

I don’t know where you are but here in the mid-west we are once again snowed in. We have two inches of snow on the ground and that is enough for this old body to stay away from.  Tuesday we … Continue reading

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