I really, really worried about making my Aug 1 deadline. The books for this publisher are a pretty quick turn around, and I knew going in that I had a busy summer to contend with. But the Lord is gracious and truly multiplied …
A Writing Retreat
Way back in March of 2020 (which seems a hundred years ago, not two!), my long-time critique partners/friends and I planned to take a writing retreat. Then you-know-what sent us scurrying back to our homes, unsure what, …
Book Life Friends
I connected with some of my writer and reader friends these past couple of weeks. Come over to Inspired by Life . . . and Fiction to see who I got to lunch with! …
Canton, Missouri
I recently took a research trip to Canton, Missouri! Visit Inspired by Life . . . and Fiction to see some pictures and read about the trip! …
Mystery Post
I’m over on Inspired by Life ... and Fiction today. Why “mystery post”? Because until I wrote it, it was a mystery to me what I would write! If you are curious, come on over! …
Summer Days
For the first time in a long while, I'm excited about summer! If you want to know why, click over to read my post on Inspired by Life ... and Fiction! …
Therapy Tuesdays
We started meeting about a year and a half ago. We knew each other from our home group through church. And we were friends. But each of us also had another connection—a desire to write. And so we began meeting weekly, the …
Want to Join Me in a Bible Study?
So I know it's fall and most organized Bible study groups have already had sign up days and kick offs, but I wondered: are any of you out there, like me, whose schedule doesn't accommodate a set meeting schedule right now but …
Two Heads Can Be Better Than One
Last Friday I went over to my friend Lori's house for a "writing day." Actually, we watched a few episodes of Stan Williams's Storycraft series and then attempted to apply the concepts to our current WIPs. (A WIP is …
Why I Blog
As I do at the end/beginning of every year, I took stock of all the things on my plate for 2015, trying to decide what I needed to continue, what I needed to let go. As I considered what I enjoyed and what was profitable (in …