Jill Haymaker Writes

This week we were asked It's still cold. How do you warm up? This one made me laugh out loud. It was obviously written by someone who has experienced winter this year. Here in Colorado, winter has skipped us with high's in the 60's and 70"s all winter long. No snow, no moisture, just warm sunny days. It's nice and while we all would love to just enjoy it, the threat of fire danger and water shortages this summer keeps us from smiling too much. Hopefully, March is a wetter, cooler month. Now...

This week we have been asked, When you are not writing, how do you spend your time? I am always busy, especially this time of year. I volunteer as a youth leader two nights a week at my church, I teach adaptive horseback riding lessons to kids with autism one day per week, and I coordinate a regional high school mock trial competition for over 300 students. For fun, I am an avid Colorado State basketball fan, and this time of year you can find me at Moby arena for all the men's games. I also...

This week we have been asked to give a sample of our Work in Progress so here's the first paragraph of mine, Montana Pines New Beginnings.

"The last place Harper Barlowe wanted to be on a warm, spring morning was sitting in her divorce attorney’s waiting room. Yet, here she was, nervously tapping her fingers on the arm of the chair and staring at the clock. How had it come to this?"

Does this make you want to keep reading? I hope so. Now hop on over to Jenna Da Sie's blog and see an excerpt of...