Gina G writes

 Editing  The more I write, the more I learn about editing and how important it is. This is a story about my editing journey. With Book Two of The Secrets Cafe trilogy available for purchase and Book One already out, I am editing, polishing, and cleaning up Book Three, "Secrets Cafe, Just Desserts." Round one was going through all the suggested edits and ideas my writer's group gave me. Once I completed that, it was on to round two, grammar, punctuation, and continuity. I was rolling along fine, everything coming together nicely, and then ... chapter three.  Dun, dun, duh ... The first thing I noticed was that the chapter read flat. The second thing was it was way too long, almost thirty pages! That one was an easy fix. I knew right where to split the chapters. I also knew I could go through the pages, clean it up, trim the unnecessary, and spice up the rest. A lot was happening in the chapter, and it needed to cover four days. But something else was off. I couldn't p...

  Shoes and Your Feet I have been working in Shoes since 2000. I started at On-Line Shoes in Washington. When I left there and moved back to sunny (far too hot this year) St George, I became the shoe manager at the top Retail store in the area. I am what is known as a "Shoe-dog." I love shoes. I love how they make the foot look and complement an outfit.  As the saying goes, "Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life." This sentiment rings true for many of us, as we've experienced the confidence and joy that a perfect pair of shoes can bring.  Let's start with some simple facts about your feet. There are 52 bones in your feet. They make up one-fourth of the bones in your body. Your feet mirror your overall health. Conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, circulatory, and nerve disorders can show their initial symptoms in the feet. There are times when the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight when walking and three or four time...

 Announcing: Secrets Cafe, The Main Course! Book Two in the Secrets Cafe Saga will launch on August 26th. It is currently available for preorder on Amazon (Kindle edition), Barnes and Noble (E-book and paperback), and the Wild Rose Press book site.  Heads up, though, this book ends with a cliffhanger. So be prepared.  Book one, The Appetizer, introduced the characters, the setting, and the situation. In a nutshell, Georgia Charles dates a young mistake who calls herself Secret and says everything right but does not follow through. When Georgia breaks things off, she decides to write her revenge. It's good therapy. She goes to Secrets Cafe and picks out some random people to base her characters on. Mike is recently divorced and paying people to eat food suggestively while having random sex with men. Elan works as a waitress at the Cafe. When she arrives at work, her heart is broken. She doesn't think she will ever love anyone. Nina is a cougar on the prowl, and her pr...