Tag dahlia dewinters

Off-Time – Crochet Edition

So, some of you may be sitting there RIGHT NOW wondering….what the heck does Dahlia do when she’s not writing up those great stories of hers?  Well, dear readers of this blog, I’ll tell ya….in pictures. I’m a crochet fanatic. …

Music Monday

Hey, I haven’t been very musical in a while, so I decided to sit down with some hours of Monday left to go and make it a musical one.  I don’t have a lot to chat about today…so listen to…

Creative Sparks

I decided to try something different for my blog, focus less on the specific craft of writing and spend some time talking about the entire creative process.  I realized that creativity doesn’t start and stop when I type up my…

The Idea Machine

I actually have one of these in my basement. When I’m short on ideas, I take it out, crank it up and the ideas for stories come tumbling out, neatly printed in 3×5 cards, ready to tack up on my…

Love in the Land of the Lakes

  The Midwest Fiction Writers, a local chapter for the Romance Writers of America, pulled together 17 writers who each submitted a short story for a fundraiser. Roughing It or Luxury Jody Vitek Roadside Love, in the MFW anthology Love…