First Draft to Published

I was tagged in Facebook to write 25 random things about myself. Wow, was this a hard task. Always focusing on others, (my family) it took a few hours to come up with this list. A few of my favorite authors are John Steinbeck, Joan Didion, Louise Erdrich among others. My favorite flowers are roses and daisies. Two of my favorite movies are Love Story and Officer and a Gentleman I love animals, dogs and cats mostly. My favorite cookies are oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip My grandmother was an inspiration to me in all things that she did My all-time favorite song is sung by John Denver, “Sunshine on My Shoulder” although, country music singer, Gary Allen just released his latest hit, “She’s So California” and that may just replace the other song as my favorite. I want to be a published author and be really rich. I like getting most roses from my husband for any occasion I went to Catholic school for all of years of education. In 2008, I returned to college to finish my bachelor’s degr...

WHAT ARE YOU reading right now? I have so many books to read that it's hard to balance all the writing I do and still find time to read. Currently, I'm in the middle of enjoying, The Thorn Birds and having seen the mini-series all those years ago on television, it brings the book to life as if I were watching Rachel Ward and Richard Chamberlin in their roles as Meggie and Father Ralph. DO YOU LIKE THE MOVIE VERSION OR THE BOOK? Do you like to read the book first or see the movie? I enjoy reading the book first and then seeing if the movie lives up to the authors writing. Some books ending I have liked better than the movie and sometimes I like the movie ending better than the book ending. I found that The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult that I liked the movie ending better than the book. Also, the book by Dan Brown, The Davinci Code, I preferred the movie ending to the book version. Stephen King's novel, The Dead Zone, explained the first half of the book rather quickly, but ...