My new laptop is up and running. I’ve even recovered my old laptop’s hard drive (everything except email addresses). Thanksgiving is done. Christmas shopping is well underway.And school reconvenes on Monday.Ah. Music to my …
Recovery
Don’t you love getting a “new” something? Something fresh, unsullied, full of possibilities? I got my new laptop this week. A fresh hard drive. A working CDRW drive. A screen that isn’t hanging on by one hinge.It’s good. It’s …
Mourning
My laptop died Friday. After three years of faithful service it simply quit turning on. So, alas, I'm in mourning.It's amazing how dependent I've become on the porability of writing, taking it with me to sports practices, to …
My Thanks
Sometimes—ok, a lot—I get discouraged in the writing life. That’s when I need the reality of those who walk this road ahead of me. What a blessing that writers such as Brandilyn Collins, Randy Ingermanson, and the various …
The Kite Runner
This is my first ever attempt at a book review. I have to say, I’m doing it as much for me as for anyone out there reading this. In spite of my love of reading and even of literature classes, I have never done well at …
Writing Aerobics
I know all the arguments for consistent aerobic exercise. You’ll have more energy. You’ll lose weight. You’ll be healthier—in body and mind. In fact, I know a woman who is clinically depressed who says if she doesn’t get …
Losing Words
I lost my words today. Over 1700 of them. Seven pages. They just vanished due to an error when I tried to close and save my file. Fortunately, I’d printed them, due to a similar loss last week. But now I have to type them …
Juggling Act
I have two novels finished, one in the process. Well, actually, I can already see work that needs to be done on the other two, so I guess technically, they aren’t finished. I need to tighten the writing and plot in book #1. I …
A Short Story
In participation with the Celebration of New Christian Fiction (click here for a listing of participating posts), I am posting one of my yet-to-be-published short stories. It’s an experiment in present tense and I think it …
Turned On Its Ear
It’s an interesting exercise—taking a well-known story and putting in a plot twist diametrically opposed to what people have thought all their lives. I’ve run across two of these in the past few weeks, a novel and a play.When …