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SNOW CHRONICLES · 3d ago

SWEET SATURDAY SAMPLES — THE WINE TRAIN — MAY 23

Welcome to Sweet Saturday Samples.  Join in the fun! Last week, we left Martha and Maeve exploring California’s Wine Country, hoping to jumpstart their romantic lives.  Excerpted from Interior Designs. On the second day, we stood on line in the big train station, awaiting our magical coach. I looked
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 1W ago

SWEET SATURDAY SAMPLES: AN EXCERPT — MAY 18

Welcome to Sweet Saturday Samples, where we share snippets of our WIPs…and visit others who have shared theirs. Today is my second opportunity to share and visit all of you.  I am continuing to excerpt from Interior Designs, a novel about second chances and learning from past mistakes. Blurb:  Meet
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 2W ago

SHARING SPECIAL MOMENTS: AN EXCERPT — MAY 9

After an afternoon together, Martha and daughter Meadow are enjoying some cozy moments:  an excerpt from Interior Designs. Home at last, Meadow and I headed straight for the family room.  Surrounded by our wonderful treasures—books and glossy magazines—we curled up in our favorite spots.  The TV sta
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 3W ago

SEARCHING FOR CLUES IN THE PAST — AN EXCERPT — MAY 5

Sometimes looking back and remembering our past can help us chart our voyage in the present.  This is what Martha believes, as she searches for clues that can help her move on.  This excerpt is from Interior Designs, a WIP that will soon be released. In my dream, I was a small child…about five or [.
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 4W ago

TRYING TO FIND THE BRIGHT SPOT IN A SEA OF HEARTACHE — AN EXCERPT — APRIL 28

  As I plod along with my edits, I find an excerpt here and there that reminds me of my goal with this story.  Interior Designs is all about Martha Scott Cummings and her journey toward redemption.  Along the way, she remembers her friends, whose journeys are sometimes littered with challenges.  In
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 1M ago

MORNING AFTER THOUGHTS — AN EXCERPT — APRIL 10

  Since worry steals the joy in life’s moments, Martha turns to her best friend, hoping that sharing her feelings can stave off the fears.  Excerpted from Interior Designs.   When Maeve arrived, I led her immediately into the kitchen to show off my changes.  Then we headed upstairs.  “Are you takin’
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 1M ago

REDISCOVERING THAT LOVE CONNECTION — AN EXCERPT: APRIL 1

In another excerpt from Interior Designs, Martha reveals bits and pieces of the changes she is making, as well as her ongoing insecurities. The evening was a huge success, I concluded, as I led Zach upstairs to unveil the boudoir. Not feeling at all nervous—since the previous hours together had tota
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 2M ago

NIGGLING THOUGHTS & FEELINGS — AN EXCERPT — MARCH 20

On a lonely evening, Caroline ponders her life, her choices, and the mistakes along the way, in this excerpt from Interior Designs. After work that day, Caroline went home to her empty condo, frustrated, that niggling feeling hovering like a cloud over her head.  That feeling that had followed her e
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 2M ago

LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS — AN EXCERPT — MARCH 2

Ernestine is like the guardian angel of the cul-de-sac.  But after Jillian is hospitalized, her thoughts turn melancholy, as she thinks about the ramifications.  Then some phone calls change everything.  An excerpt from Defining Moments.   Ernestine woke up the following morning with a heavy heart. 
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SNOW CHRONICLES · 3M ago

RETREAT FROM REALITY — A CRISIS — FEB. 22

For awhile now, MC Jillian McAvoy has shut herself off from the real world.  Now as she plunges further into her dark interior space, is there hope for reconnecting?  Excerpted from Defining Moments. I didn’t go to bed that night.  Often I didn’t bother, usually just hung out in my office.  Sometime
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