Need a Dose of Peace?

by | Apr 6, 2011 | Waiting

It’s been a hectic week and it’s only Wednesday. Writing, contests, blogging, work, church, puppy raising–LIVING. It just gets so crazy sometimes. So if you, like me, need a little peace, it would seem Maine is the place to go. In a recent ranking by...

She Speaks Scholarship Contest

by | Apr 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

I went to an amazing Christian speaker/writer/leader conference in Charlotte, NC, last year and plan to go again this summer. Having been to a more “literary” writer’s retreat previously I found She Speaks to be refreshing and inspiring. There was NO...

Why do YOU write?

by | Apr 1, 2011 | Reading, Waiting

I know not all of my readers are writers, but many of you are. And those of you who aren’t are passionate about something . . . cooking, reading, gardening. So, why do you do it? I had a devotional turned down for publication earlier this week (doesn’t...

Pruning My Files

by | Mar 30, 2011 | Waiting

So I decided it was high time I did some cleaning out of my writing files. I have old versions of manuscripts, variations on queries, proposals for every opportunity. You know, computer files with the same name except for the 2, 3 or 4 tacked on the end. I know I...