Uncategorized Herald Angels–Released and Examined! 9 Dec 201613 Apr 2024 A novel's official Release Day is a cause for celebration. It's a bit like the day a new child enters the world. Gestating for months, even years, its arrival is expected. …
Uncategorized One thing to never tell a child at Christmas! 3 Dec 201613 Apr 2024 I don’t recall the year, how old I was, or even what Santa brought me that Christmas. What I do remember is the etch-a-sketch debacle. My sister, older by…
Uncategorized A quiet recognition 29 Nov 201613 Apr 2024 MJ and I have been blogging buddies for some years. She has delightful posts and has impressed me many times with her responses to readers. But this post really nailed…
Uncategorized Cover Release for Herald Angels 25 Nov 201613 Apr 2024 Drumroll please: Unveiling just in time for the holidays, my Christmas romance novel, Herald Angels. For a reserved copy, order now! Available at The Wild Rose Press! Renee Johnson…
Uncategorized Inspiration for The Haunting of William Gray 23 Oct 201613 Apr 2024 It's October. Although the temperatures where I live have maintained unseasonable highs until yesterday, they are now beginning to dip a bit lower. The holidays loom: Halloween, Thanksgiving, then...gulp...Christmas. Leaves…
Uncategorized What I Learned at the University of Iowa’s Two-Week Novel Writing Intensive! 3 Oct 201613 Apr 2024 A poet I met at a writer’s event called to ask me about my experience at the University of Iowa during the Two-Week Novel Writing Intensive. My reply: “There’s…
Uncategorized Paris and Storyhouse 11 Aug 201613 Apr 2024 I have some exciting news to share with you all. But I don't want to overwhelm you with it all at once. (I know. A bit of a tease.) However, you…
Uncategorized A New Look For Renee Johnson Writes 29 May 201613 Apr 2024 I am a creature of habit. This is often a good thing--getting in daily exercise, putting in my writing time, etc. However, it can also become so routine I forget…
Uncategorized Readers, Writers, and an Ancient Key of Mystery 15 May 201613 Apr 2024 To quote a legend, a hero, and a fearless writer, Nora Ephron: “Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading…
Uncategorized Writing From the Heart with Janet Hulstrand 21 Mar 201613 Apr 2024 I write. It is what I do, who I am in my core. This statement took a long time to grow into maturity within me. It may have incubated from…
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