Had someone tried to wrap this gift, it would have been a crazy quilt mish-mash of paper designs; unique snapshots of growing up as one of The Burns Girls. Coincidence that Dad switched years earlier to long-haul truck-driving? The Burn.

Sunday, November 20, 2011. If you have a chance check ou the new blog and leave a message. Hold on to your Hats! I sold my book! Grand Central Publishing made an offer for The Fall of Marla Jean. Thursday, August 4, 2011.

About life, people-watching and the writing journey. Monday, October 17, 2011. Any good writer is an observer of others. We are students of the people, relationships and body language all around us; the words said and unsaid with the subtle flick of a lock of hair over the shoulder, the compulsive bending of a fingernail or the skittering glance of the eyes toward a telling point of insight or intelligence about the plot afoot .

A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear.

Your comments and feedback are encouraged and welcomed. Please leave advice, tips, suggestions, experiences and anecdotes. Thursday, July 3, 2008. Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Sirens shrieking in the summer air ground to a halt with a squall of tires. The dull thud of doors clunked, bags.