Real life has a way of both stopping and extending time together, stealing away creativity and taking away one of the things I love most spending time with my characters and sharing their stories. I’ve been away for a while after my first book was published and this was not planned. The intensity and full-on…
Category: Dodie’s Corner
Writer’s Block Madness
All writer’s at some point hit that brick wall where they sit at the blank computer screen and wait for the story that isn’t coming. Normally, once I get started on writing a book, the words come freely, but that appears to be one of my issues right now. My first book Rise of the…
Turning Fifty Years Young
On January 15th of 2021 I turned 50 and had a great vacation weekend. We stayed at the Edelweiss house in the wonderfully, and sometimes scary, hill country town Wimberly Texas. We were supposed to go on a cruise for my birthday but with COVID-19 lurking about we had to think differently. Turning 50 bothered…
The Pups
I’ve received some requests for more information, and of course some cute pictures, of our two very sweet and mostly good rescue dogs Taz and Tala. I’m not only a writer and an Infrastructure Engineer, I’m also a fur mom and these two are very much like two energetic toddlers. Here are some information about…
The Turkey and the Katana
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I hope your are with family, this year Zoom virtual gatherings are in, and enjoying the good company. This is going to be super short on my part. I wanted to make a Thanksgiving post and searched for the words turkey and sword on google for the fun of it. And I…
Review-Whiskey Cake
Happy Saturday Everyone! I hope your weekend has started off in a very pleasant way. This blog post will be placed in my Dodie’s Corner category. Just some random thoughts, and this time a review of my now favorite place to eat, and have my favorite adult beverage, Whiskey! The history behind whiskey and me…