When I found out I would have the opportunity to guest blog for “Coffee and a Keyboard,” I immediately felt a kinship. As a new author, I realized that coffee and a keyboard was the precise synopsis of what my life had become. As I wrote my first book, The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey [...]

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Greetings everyone! Well, in case you hadn’t noticed yet, Coffee and a Keyboard has a new look. Scratch that – a FABULOUS new look – thanks to my very talented husband, Brian. I’m a difficult client, but he is the one who made the new look a reality. The look isn’t the only thing that [...]

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Cats, Kids and Love Part 1 can be read here. We’d been married five years when our daughter was born. At the time we lived in an apartment and had spent several months fixing up one of the rooms to be a nursery. Both of the cats were fascinated with what was going on. Our [...]

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Author’s note…I’ve been up since 5:30 a.m. not able to go back to sleep. My mind is full to bursting right now and as a writer, when that  happens, I usually, well…write! I feel like I have to get this out, and this is part one. Thank you gentle reader for indulging me. -V My [...]

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Well, we made it. In a manner of speaking. I mentioned in an earlier post that we were moving to Florida. This, so far, has been met with a few different reactions, but pretty much falling into one of three categories. 1. Oh, Florida is great! You’ll get to go to the beach all the [...]

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