Karen DeLabar

My Father's Daughter

This post was originally posted on the blog Have Coffee… Will Write that I shared with Susan Borath. With Father's Day this weekend and us packing for a week in Avon, North Carolina I thought I'd cheat and just repost. Please forgive me!! I'll be back next week with an new post 🙂 I am…

June 17, 2011
Seeing The World Through Pink Glasses

*Note: The following post contains my raw thoughts and emotions about a very sensitive subject matter. My intention is not to upset anyone who has gone through this, is currently going through something like this or knows someone that has, but to share a side of me that most would not see. Did I ever…

June 10, 2011
My Chrissie Girl

It was Christmas Eve 2005, Eric and I were only married for two months; we didn't have much money and we were still wrapping our minds around being married, owning a house and having to shovel our own walkways. I woke up to an empty spot beside me and smiled. A couple of years before…

June 3, 2011
I'm Back, Baby!

That's right, friends, I'm back! What does that mean? It means you're not going to see me for awhile. Wait? Is that right? Let me check my flow chart yep, that's right. Confused? Not as much as me, but let's see if we can figure this out together. 🙂 Ok, so if you've been following…

May 25, 2011
Back To The Grind With A Little Bling

I know, I know, it's been two weeks since I've posted to this blog. But if you would just put down the pitch forks I can explain. OK, I can't, not really. I admit it, I got lazy. It was the final weeks of “Willy Wonka” and I just wanted to laze around and drink…

May 16, 2011
My Keyboard Gained Five Pounds

I'm a snacker. I like to eat and I like to do it while I write. I usually reach for the pretzel sticks, my current snack of choice, when I'm stuck and I've been stuck often. I guess I can be thankful that my snack is pretzels and not cheeseburgers. For me, I think it…

April 21, 2011
Back to Reading

Leave it up to me to make a liar out of myself. Two weeks ago I posted a story about my love of reading entitled Books, Books, Books…And Books. In the post I shared my love of the written word and how I can knock back between 5 and 8 books a week. I'm ashamed to say…

April 13, 2011
Don't Mess With Mama

This has nothing to do with writing, reading, Scotch or anything remotely close to my journey to publication. (Yes, Scotch is very important to that particular journey.) Sparky sent this to me in an email and I got a chuckle out of it so I thought I'd share it with you. *Note I didn't take…

April 7, 2011
Where Have All the Words Gone?

This is something I've never had to deal with before and its freaking me out. Here I sit with my computer before me all ready to lay down the words that have been living inside my mind for the past four weeks. I'm ready to give a voice to the dark haired man with eyes…

April 4, 2011
Twitter: An Online Support Group For Writers

Last week I reviewed a book by Steve Umstead, a writer I met on Twitter. I don't remember how I started following him, but I'm glad I did. Steve would tweet about the book he published and with his every tweet I got a little more curious about the novel. Even though the story was…

March 31, 2011