My mother's parents were married in 1919. My grandmother met my grandfather when she was sixteen, but her mother refused to allow her to...

This summer we spent the entire month of July at the hospital with Mom. And then we went to Florida to help out hubby's parents. We did ...

My father is emptying the house--slowly. Every time I stop in, he hands me a bunch of stuff. One of the bags he gave me this week was full o...

Retiring 1100 miles away from your children is not a rational decision in my opinion. At some point, everyone gets old and debilitated. My ...

Made a huge effort to get back on track with my writing. Having rainy weather this week helped. I find gloomy days conducive to writing and ...

This is a photo Daughter #2 took as two Marines began to fold the flag draped over my mother's casket. Another Marine played "Taps...

My mother passed away yesterday. The pneumonia exacerbated her Congestive Heart Failure. She spent her last few days in hospice care. This i...

We did not go to see the fireworks this year. My mother has pneumonia and has been in the hospital, so we’ve spent a lot of time going back ...

Last night, hubby and I attended a Tent Revival at St. Veronica's in Howell. St. Veronica's has run this event for 13 years, but it ...

I've been working on book #10, the one I originally titled The Fiend of White Buck Hall. However, now I'm thinking of changing the ...

Years ago, my mother gave me a clump of the peonies from her mother's property. I don't have much of a green thumb and hubby doesn...

We made another trip to Brooklyn this week. Daughter #2 had to water the plants in her apartment, pick up her mail, and pay her bills. As we...

Daughter #2 is still recuperating at home. She's improving everyday. :^) It's been nice to chat with her everyday. Daughter #1 went ...

The print edition of The Beast of Blackbirch Manor is now on sale at New Concepts Publishing. The retail price is $10.99, but if you orde...

Daughter #2 got her stitches out on Thursday. The doctor thought she was healing well. He gave her some exercises to do which should help el...

I wore my New Jersey Romance Writers shirt today with the Put Your Heart in a Book logo on it. When I put on my NJRW T-shirt, I feel like Su...

Please see the follow-up for this post at: http://www.ameliamarzec.com/rewired/ On Thursday, April 2nd, Daughter #2 had surgery for an aco...

The Beast of Blackbirch Manor will be released in a print edition in April. (Very soon!) It will be available at New Concepts Publishing. ...

Last night at the Middletown Township Public Library, I joined a panel with two other authors, Amanda Matetsky and Jack Getze. Each of us ...

We visited Daughter #2 in Brooklyn again, but due to the anticipated snowfall on Sunday, we took the train. Daughter #2 met us in Penn Stati...