Welcome to the blog! In this Wednesday Wisdom column, I share quotes that inspire me and that I hope will speak to you, too. Once in a while, I’ll repost a  popular entry from the archives. Here’s one of them:

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

Albert Schweitzer

This was always true for me and is even more so now I’m a published author. I’ve learned the hard way that if I let my happiness be dictated by the success I see in my career, I will very often be unhappy. Why? Because writing is sometimes a hurry-up-and-wait business.

That’s true of life, too – the long stretches of wait don’t often provide much in the way of success.

We need to make our own successes.  A page written.  A recipe mastered. A less-hectic route found for your daily commute. Just a quiet dinner at home with your significant other and kids.

Those all sound like successes in my book and are things that would make me happy.

How about you? What happiness do you have in your life right this minute that proves you already hold the key to success?

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I’m celebrating the release of the newest book in the Hitching Post Hotel series, The Rancher’s Baby Proposal.

The Rancher’s Baby Proposal

The book released in digital format on Monday and will
be out in print on May 9th.

Amazon digital release
Pre-order Amazon print version

Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
Harlequin
IndieBound
Kobo

Today I’m being interviewed at Reviews by Crystal and am sharing an exclusive excerpt for you! Click here to read the post.