This year I work under the pressure of a looming double-deadline for fiction and for bible studies. Each March-April, my pastor, my husband, and I plot the timetable for the coming school year, and I begin studying and writing the bible …
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One of the most disconcerting realities of becoming a published author is that you MUST use social media to market your work. I didn’t believe this at first. Writers of old didn’t have to do this! I thought the people …
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I am an author. I flesh out my storyline with characters who live and breathe and move in my head. When I’m working on a biblical fiction story, the framework is provided. I must invent people who could commit those …
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As I’ve marched into the publication process, surprises have occurred all along the way. When I finished my first novel, which I then didn’t realize was only a rough draft, I envisioned tying it neatly with a ribbon and mailing …
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The manuscript is ready. I’m sending it in today. The final edit is complete. Off it goes to my editor at Koehler Books. He will now take a whack at it. With sadness, I leave the imaginary world I’ve immersed …
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Today I am depleted. The final editing of the novel coupled with my mother-in-law’s imminent death has brought me to the end of myself. My brain, my body, and my soul have been poured out, and I can do no …
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The Christian Writers Guild mentor evaluated my writing as I looked on. She read through samples of my inspirational material, my bible studies, and my novels. “Ready for publication,” she pronounced, complimenting me on my writing and on how I …
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Today I signed a publishing contract for my first novel with Koehler Books, the fiction imprint of Morgan James Publishing, a NYC-based business publisher. Of the 5,000 manuscripts they receive yearly, they only publish about 125. Since this is my first …
Continue Reading →“A voice says, ‘Cry out.’ “I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD …
Continue Reading →“As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him, for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust” (Ps. 103:13-14). What a blessing it is to have …
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