by Char Chaffin | Apr 12, 2012 | Thursday Thirteen
When I first started writing in earnest, I promised myself that someday I’d set a story in Alaska. Hubby Don, daughter Sue Ann and I lived in Fairbanks for sixteen years. Sue Ann still lives there, with hubby John and adorable Baby Faith. Although I lived...
by Char Chaffin | Mar 25, 2012 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
You create it, breathe life into it. You stay up late with it, arise in the wee hours of the morning with it. You nurture, develop, instruct. You research to find ways to improve its quality of life. You cheer when it's wonderful and you cry when it's not....
by Char Chaffin | Mar 25, 2012 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
Three years of writing, another year and a half of editing and revisions, and yet another for submissions and a few contests. The submissions bombed but one of the contests–the Rebecca, out of New Mexico's RWA chapter, LERA–hit paydirt. My...
by Char Chaffin | Mar 25, 2012 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
Good Morning, Coffee Time! I'm Char Chaffin, farmer's wife, new grandma, former accounting-type person, ex- light opera theater costume designer, espresso barista, editor… and debut author. Like most of you, I've juggled a few different hats. In...
