The Holy One of Israel is great in our midst. We can easily forget this as we slog through a writing marketplace that requires more than we’re able to accomplish. Rarely can we find quiet time away from the frenzy …
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What’s causing all the excitement? Here it is! The Shadows Come, the long-awaited sequel to No Longer Alone is ready for production! The Shadows Come was written during times of intense personal struggle and loss of control — autoimmune immune disease, chronic illness, …
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To interact with this post on Friday, click here. We love to read. This is one of the reasons we grew up to become writers. We spent our summers in libraries and carried heavy tomes around with us to read …
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I wrote my first two novels in a frenzy of passion for the love and mercy of God and the artistry with which he crafted the beginning of our human story in Genesis. Words poured out of me! As a …
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To interact with this post on Friday, click here to go to Seriously Write. All around us, authors are struggling. Sales plummet. Amazon removes book reviews for reasons never announced. We weary of the constant marketing and promotion allotted to …
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To interact with this post on Friday, go to Seriously Write. If you’re like me, your “To Be Read” (TBR) book pile is teetering with the fascinating work of other authors whose books merit our attention. We want to read …
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To interact with this post on Seriously Write, click HERE. The new challenges of the marketplace are altering the writing journey for every writer I know. When we began, most of us never knew that privacy laws, Amazon’s algorithms, and …
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As the mother of a large family, I lived in tight community for decades. We moved in crowded circles, traveling in packs of sports parents, music parents, dance parents, debate parents, homeschool parents, and theatre parents. Other than a brief …
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To interact on Friday, please go to Seriously Write. Today I offer words of encouragement, but let me begin with a story. I started my first real novel in 1988, abandoned it quickly, and picked it back up to finish …
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If you’ve ever relocated, you know how the experience dislocates us from past routines, identities, and spiritual practices. We humans are creatures of habit and community. As we establish patterns of life, the longer we do them, the deeper grows …
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