The gift is painstakingly prepared, each detail pondered and gathered at extreme cost to self. With meticulous care, the wrapping paper and bow are selected. A thoughtful handwritten card embellishes the gift. Hours are invested. Next the present is packaged, …
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Today I’m over at Seriously Write for my monthly contribution to the encouragement of writers. But, of course, there’s heart application for all of us. Come on over and finish what begins below: Prologuing As authors learning to write powerful …
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So far this new year, I’ve been talking about writing, because there are exciting goals to achieve! But we can only achieve them if we, writer and readers, work together! This is now a publishing industry fact. In the first …
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This year, by the grace of God and with his help, I hope to publish one novel and at least start the process of publishing the other. Both will be high quality as I will employ professional editors and designers. …
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Once a month I’ll be blogging as a contributing writer at Seriously Write, a website where Christian writers share encouragement and ideas with one another. We help each other, and you too, along this writing journey. The invitation to join …
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For your weekend reading pleasure: It was a privilege to be interviewed this week by writer Clarice G. James. In our interview we discussed these difficult questions and decisions facing writers today: What lessons have you learned from this journey? …
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Two of my sons accompanied me to the family gathering in Oklahoma last month to honor my uncle and commemorate his passing. One son has returned to attend university in the state, while the other’s abode is out in the …
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My last post was written at 3 a.m. while I was high on an energy burst that unaccountably descended upon me. I buzzed. I worked! In those few days of actually feeling happy and normal, I could barely sleep, and …
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A little seed kernel of hope is buried deep in the fertile soil of my wishes, dreams, and prayers. Maybe I can beat this thing! It could just be a brief relapse, but maybe it’s the beginning of healing. For the …
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These words were published at the ACFW Blog on October 8, 2014, this past Wednesday. American Christian Fiction Writers is an organization of authors. ******** I didn’t want this gig. I didn’t want to write about how life is messy and …
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