Romance Writers Weekly ~ Good Advice ~ #LoveChatWrite

This week on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop we answer the question, "Share the best advice you’ve ever received. What advice do you always remember and come back to? Who gave you that advice?"

You know, most of the good advice I've received over the course of my life has been pretty specific--and most of that has had to do with a particular problem (by which I mean a problem having to do with a particular book) and doesn't translate to general circumstances.

The one piece of advice that I do actually try to live by came from a movie. On Golden Pond (1981). Katherine Hepburn, in a conversation with her daughter, Chelsea (played by Jane Fonda) tells her, "Everyone's just doing the best they can." Or words to that effect. And that really struck me then, and has stayed with me since then.

Whenever someone's driving me nuts, or I can't understand why they're doing whatever it is they're doing, I try and remember that it's not personal and it's probably not intentional. Everyone (for the most part) is just getting by, just doing the best they can from where they are. Which is actually pretty good writing advice, too, come to think of it. Because doing the best you can is ALL you can do writing wise.

And hopefully, your best will be good enough.

Now, head on over to Jill Haymaker's page to learn what she's reading. And be sure to check out her book, Christmas Stocking of Love

Last week to pre-order! 

 What good is a Christmas Stocking if you have no one to fill it? 

When widow, Charlotte Heber, moves to the small town of Aspen Ridge, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains, she has high hopes of meeting a handsome cowboy and starting a new life. But months pass, and the only cowboy she’s met doesn’t seem interested. She’ll have to be content with spending yet another Christmas alone. 

Boone Skinner has avoided marriage for almost seventy years. A confirmed bachelor, he’s content to run his horse ranch in Peakview County by himself with no one to keep him company except for his two rescue cats, Rip and Lloyd. Oh, it had been fun when Charlotte came to his ranch to ride a couple months back, but he is sure she isn’t interested in an old cowboy like him.

They’ve both underestimated the matchmaking determination of Peakview’s café owner, Violet Crandall. Once she gets it in her head that two people are a match, she doesn’t give up.As the month of December unfolds, these two discover just how nice it can be to have someone with whom to share the various celebrations. The closer they get, the more Charlotte wonders if she really is ready to love again, especially with someone so different from her deceased husband. Is Boone really worth the risk of being hurt again? 

Can a special Christmas stocking bring them together? Rediscover Romance in Aspen Ridge, a small town with an open heart.

Get it HERE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDXYVTZP

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