What are you doing this weekend? If you live near Ft. Worth, Texas, I hope y'all come out to a multi-author book signing at the Lifeway store at Bryant Irvin and Loop 820! I'm so excited to be participating with my dear …
What (in my opinion) historical fiction is NOT
I love historical fiction. I love reading it. I love writing it. I love the "realness" that fictional characters bring to historical events and facts. But not too long ago I read a historical novel that, in my opinion, wasn't …
Christian fiction fans in Dallas–heads up!
This is happening on Saturday, so get a group of reader friends together and come join us at the Hyatt Regency Dallas (on Reunion Blvd)! We'll be there from 11 am to 2 pm. Want to know what the RT Booklovers Convention is …
When I Have Nothing to Say
In today's world we are constantly being asked to say something. In conversation. On social media. Through our work. And yet how many times have we heard or read something and cringed in embarrassment for the speaker, knowing …
Online Writing Class Starts Wednesday!
It's that time again--time to teach a new group of students how to give their fiction a "historical" feel for the reader. It's so much more than just setting the story in a different year from the present! Come join us …
Seven Literary Sages
I read the issue of Christian History Magazine (a physical copy) about the Seven Literary Sages from cover to cover. Interesting, thought-provoking articles about George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, C.S. Lewis, …
Newsletter Goodies
Do you receive my email newsletter? I'll admit, I haven't been very good at sending it out. I rarely felt that I had anything to say that you would care about! But for the past few months I've been thinking about what I …
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 …
Fifteen Focused Minutes
I'm a little hard-headed. I'll admit that. Sometimes I hear wisdom and it takes a while for it to penetrate my thick skull and seep down into my heart, the part of me that will actually at least try to put wisdom into …
The Productive Woman podcast
Many people I know listen to podcasts. Including my husband. But I've been slow to jump on board. Maybe it's because listening alone is not my best learning mode. (I've had a hard time with audio books.) Maybe it's because I …