Thanks to all of you who’ve joined me on my writing journey. I appreciate your support, and I’m so excited to announce Dog-Gone Dead is now available.
It’s available in paperback and e-reader. If you’re interested, here are the links.
Thanks so much, and I hope you have a great weekend!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2AGWF4N
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Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/ycf7765c
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Last time I shared quotes, I realized they were mostly from men. Today, I intend to be more balanced. Let’s start with Maya Angelou. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bill Keane
Bill Keane made me laugh many times through the years with his comic Family Circus.
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis
I hope you find a large cup of tea and can find time to enjoy a good book today!
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde
“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain
I’ll end with one of my all-time favorite quotes. “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus
Have a great day my friends!
I’ve had a few people ask me how I work from home this year. I try to treat each day like a work day. I get up, talk to my husband, eat a little breakfast while watching the news, and then I spend time doing my devotionals.
The thing I’ve done differently is meeting with my critique group for thirty minutes before I begin writing. There are five of us and we share concerns about our lives and our writing. We encourage each other, and we laugh. Then we are off to start our day.
I feel more productive when I’m dressed. Even if it’s shorts and a T-shirt, I’m dressed. Sometimes I listen to music playing softly in the background.
Heinz ‘encourages’ me to take him outside throughout the day, but I try to stay focused until it’s time to fix supper.
Do you work from home? What’s your day look like?
Andi Grace Scott is back in the second book of A Low Country Dog Walker Mystery series.
If you enjoy small-town coastal life, come back to Heyward Beach, South Carolina for the second book in my cozy mystery series.
Who’d have thought mulch could cause such a stink?
Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott is happy to score some free mulch from one of her brother’s landscaping jobs—until she discovers the dead body buried beneath the bark.
Worse, her brother’s landscaping tools were used to commit the murder. Once the police arrest her brother and seem happy to have “caught their man,” Andi Grace has no choice but to track down the real killer. She’ll risk everything to prove her brother’s innocence. Even if it means turning over every rock in town.
Dog-Gone Dead is available for pre-order now and releases on June 26.
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2AGWF4N
Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/ybo4pr8t
Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/ycf7765c
Google: https://tinyurl.com/y8u6sf45
Apple: https://tinyurl.com/ycyjno6b
I’m not going to get a sunburn. I’m not going to gain weight. I’m not going to cut my bangs.
I’ve had bangs for years, decades actually, and thanks to Covid-19, I haven’t had my hair cut since January. I’ve also wondered if my hair would look better without bangs now that I live at the beach. One of my granddaughters grew out her bangs in 2019, so she’s my inspiration for trying in 2020.
What are your goals for this month?
I know there are serious issues we face in the world today, but let’s take a moment for a little fun. I’m not sure what prompted me to gather Agatha Christie quotes, but I think she’d have been a great friend.
Here are a few more.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you.
Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend.
“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
She has such a lovely sense of humor, don’t you think? “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”
I hope today’s post has given you a moment to smile. Take care my friends!
Over the weekend, I took a break from watching the news. I needed a to step away from the negativity, and I feel refreshed.
How did I fill my time? My husband and I worked on our yard and we took golf cart rides and walked on the beach in the evenings.
How do you recharge? Do you safely go out and enjoy nature? Cook? Read a good book or watch a movie? I’d love to hear from you.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sharee Stover is a good friend and one of my critique partners. Her newest book Untraceable Evidence is available now. It’s the first of three books in her ATF Agents series.
Scientist Ace Steele is hired by the ATF to develop a top-secret project named Ghost—a 3D printer gun that uses frangible ammunition. The components are comprised entirely of plastic, making the gun untraceable via metal detectors. The ATF is certain a mole exists who is working with a local militia. The militia’s leader will do anything to get Project Ghost.
Sharee recently shared that her husband is her hero. My husband Tim is my hero too, and I wonder how many authors feel the same.Sharee said, “It will sound cliché I’m sure, but it’s the truth. My husband is my real-life hero. Not only because he’s a state trooper, but because he is willing to go running toward the danger when everyone else is running away. He’s a natural problem solver and has a huge heart to serve people. He’s dug cars out of snow drifts, helped move livestock off the highway, held a child’s hand after a car accident, and been the first person to notify a family member of their loved one’s death. He also has a teaching spirit, and he loves mentoring, encouraging, and instilling wisdom in those coming up in the ranks. But he’s also tenderhearted and very romantic (far more than I am). Most of all, he loves the Lord with all his heart.”
If that’s not swoon worthy, I don’t know what is.
Do you have a real-life hero?
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. It’s a time to remember and honor the military personnel who died while serving our country.
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
This year we’ve also battled COVID and have lost many people in the fight. Today I plan to take time to remember our military and also those on the front line defending us against this horrible disease.
Wherever you are I hope you have a good day of celebrating. Thanks for your sacrifice and thanks to those who have given their all.
God Bless America.
Jackie Layton 