![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_4582ee4b6bd446ccbbd5679d8edefdff~mv2_d_4000_6000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/918ab9_4582ee4b6bd446ccbbd5679d8edefdff~mv2_d_4000_6000_s_4_2.webp)
![What Inspired Battle Wounds](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_4582ee4b6bd446ccbbd5679d8edefdff~mv2_d_4000_6000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_301,h_226,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/918ab9_4582ee4b6bd446ccbbd5679d8edefdff~mv2_d_4000_6000_s_4_2.webp)
What Inspired Battle Wounds
In case you didn't know, I am sharing the stories and inspiration behind my three self-published novels here on the blog. In the last two...
14 views
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_2dda1a41648b4eb5874a1429e576b3c9~mv2_d_2249_3576_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/918ab9_2dda1a41648b4eb5874a1429e576b3c9~mv2_d_2249_3576_s_2.webp)
![What Inspired Gathering Stones](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_2dda1a41648b4eb5874a1429e576b3c9~mv2_d_2249_3576_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_301,h_226,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/918ab9_2dda1a41648b4eb5874a1429e576b3c9~mv2_d_2249_3576_s_2.webp)
What Inspired Gathering Stones
In case you didn't know, I am sharing the stories and inspiration behind my three self-published novels here on the blog. In the last...
18 views
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_2f746a3f7fb74e549775246f527ad724~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/918ab9_2f746a3f7fb74e549775246f527ad724~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.webp)
![What Inspired Two Bullets](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_2f746a3f7fb74e549775246f527ad724~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_301,h_226,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/918ab9_2f746a3f7fb74e549775246f527ad724~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.webp)
What Inspired Two Bullets
If you are new around here or haven't heard, Two Bullets is a contemporary action novel that I wrote back in 2016. It's also book #1 in...
18 views
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_617ad4b000704ac4bfad0119df9acf74~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/918ab9_617ad4b000704ac4bfad0119df9acf74~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.webp)
![Chasing the Aspens in Colorado, Part 2](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_617ad4b000704ac4bfad0119df9acf74~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_301,h_226,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/918ab9_617ad4b000704ac4bfad0119df9acf74~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.webp)
Chasing the Aspens in Colorado, Part 2
Going back through all my pictures is seriously so much fun! If you haven't read the first blog about our vacation, you can do there...
22 views
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_6fda545ded4b40548b65ed74a07468eb~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/918ab9_6fda545ded4b40548b65ed74a07468eb~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.webp)
![Chasing the Aspens in Colorado, Part 1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/918ab9_6fda545ded4b40548b65ed74a07468eb~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_301,h_226,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/918ab9_6fda545ded4b40548b65ed74a07468eb~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.webp)
Chasing the Aspens in Colorado, Part 1
For my dear mother's birthday, the three of us made a trip to Colorado, driving 596 miles from where we live now in Missouri to Colorado...
26 views