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Step 14–Review Galleys
I don't really know what step I'm on along this path to publication--I just know it's a good ways down the road from the day I wrote CHAPTER 1 for the first time. Last summer I did the BIG edits for Miracle in a Dry Season. That would be the big picture stuff that...
Appalachian Thursday–Signs
Back in the fall we noticed the holly trees in the area were absolutely burdened with berries. And I could imagine the old folks back home commenting that it meant a hard winter coming. Now, in late January, I'm pondering the truth of signs. Cause it's COLD and the...
Appalachian . . . Thursday?
I've been blogging for more than three years now and have pretty well stuck to my Monday, Wednesday, Friday post schedule. Glory, who knew I had that much to say? Of course, you could argue that at times I DIDN'T have that much to say. At any rate, the three posts a...
Do I GET Who Jesus Is?
You know how themes pop up in your life sometimes? You'll hear a certain scripture or saying or idea in several places within just a few days. I figure that means I should pay attention. So here lately I've been running into the idea that not everyone recognizes who...
It's all getting so real . . . countdown to publication
In just over six months my novel will be on store shelves. People will read it (I hope) and they'll have opinions about it. I've known for a while that this was the plan. But in the past week it's begun to feel very much REAL. The Baker Publishing Group catalog for...
Appalachian Wednesday–Hungry for Spring
This year we've had some of the coldest weather I've known since I was a kid. Snow in the forecast for today and Friday. I know it's winter, but this business of having actual winter weather is making me long for signs of spring. So today I'm listening to Aaron...
Embracing Make-Do As a Way of Life
I had an epiphany this past weekend. I LIKE making do. You know, those times when you don't have exactly what you need, but you make things work out anyway. Like when a recipe calls for buttermilk and you only have sweet milk. You just add a little lemon juice or...
Novellas–Entertaining Reads? Or Too Short to Satisfy?
When I was a teen, I consumed short stories like peanut M&Ms. I could always squeeze in one more. I read them in the car, in my room, while the family was watching TV, as my brothers set off bombs . . . Nothing could distract me. I could visit twenty places in an...
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