If You Need Help–Ask for It

So I heard back from the editor in Tennessee and I’m so excited! She didn’t have terrible things to say about my writing overall–not too much passive voice or telling rather than showing. Basically, she thinks the problem is that my story moves too...

Do you know you're own faith?

The Associated Press put out a story a few days ago with the headline, “Survey: Americans Don’t Know Much About Religion.” The survey was conducted by the Pew Forum. Atheists and agnostics scored highest, with an average of 21 correct answers out of...

Wasting Time

So when you’re waiting it can be tempting to do things that waste time. I consider watching television almost always a waste of time, but I do it anyway. I’m hooked on HGTV and FoodTV, although I don’t care for all the competition shows. And there...

Monday Writing Update

This week: Pages written = 9 Total pages = 90 When I log into my blog there’s a “Blog Stats” link that let’s me see how many visitors I’ve had each day. In these early stages getting more than 10 is pretty great (thanks mom!). Earlier...

Unexpected Detours

I had a flat tire yesterday. And, of course, I was on a four-lane highway traveling about 60 when the car began pulling strongly to the left and I got a funny sinking feeling on that side. I pulled off, peeked out and sure enough the left front tire was flat, flat,...