Every now and then we need to stop and take stock.  Ask ourselves the hard questions about our lives, how we’re spending them, and to actually focus on those questions long enough to answer them.  Honestly.
It’s easy to get caught up in everyday life, and to not focus on the things really important to us. [...]

Celebrating the upcoming release of FORGET ME NOT with a contest for a free netbook. Enter @ www.vickihinze.com

Congratulations to our own Diva Elizabeth Sinclair who has just been announced as a RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee for Best SRS of the Year on her novel, BURNING SECRETS!

You go, girl!

This week’s feature at Chapter 1 Zone is Alan Wyler’s DEADLY ERROR. You can read the first chapter at: chapter1zone.com

Divas, of course we love books.  As a Special Project, I’ve launched a site called Chapter 1 Zone to help readers connect with authors through the first chapter of their books.
There’ll be a new chapter 1 posted every week.  This week, the feature is JAMES ROLLINS’ ALTAR OF EDEN.
As well as reading a new first [...]

A child inspired me. I never saw her. Her grandfather and I are members of Emerald Coast Writers and in a pre-meeting discussion we were fawning over our grandkids, as grandparents are licensed (and fully expected) to do.
He had taken his family on a vacation and he and his granddaughter, who is six, were out [...]

We’re all busy.  Our schedules look like something out of a horror film, and for every item we take off, someone puts two more on.  Grabbing a few minutes for ourselves is hard, and sometimes seemingly impossible.
And yet we are diverse women with broad interests and deep concerns.  We don’t want cotton candy for brains [...]

Lately, I’ve been on deadline and focusing on writing. Things have stacked up. This morning I walked into my office and was stunned that on this six-foot-long desktop, I couldn’t see the surface.
I had commitments today, but tomorrow, I will declutter, handling things once.
Which led me to thinking about mentally decluttering.
We all work [...]

Beauty That Lasts
A video post on beauty that lasts.
Blessings!
Diva Vicki
www.vickihinze.com
Kill Zone–new book in stores now