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Be Still . . .
So there's a lot of STUFF going on in my life right now. Work is hectic, church is going through a transition, and then there's my writing. And I do like to stay on top of everything! But as I've prayed lately, I keep getting a clear message. And it's "Be Still." God...
February: Love Never Fails Month
Oh, I know, Valentine's Day is just a trick to get us to buy cards and send flowers. (Hardly anyone needs to be tricked into eating chocolate.) But we don't have to buy into the marketing flurry. I say we take February and make it the Love Month. Not so we can give...
A lifetime of learning
I'm spending some time this weekend at the Writers Advance Boot Camp in Asheville, NC. It's a wonderful conference that's ideal for writers looking to get their feet wet in the conference world. Not too big, not too expensive, and staffed with incredible folks who...
Using everything but the oink
There's an old farm saying that when you butcher a hog you should use everything but the oink. It's a more graphic version of "waste not, want not." I mean, have you had scrapple? Or if not had it, heard what's in it? Pig parts and cornmeal, let's leave it at that. So...
Atticus Finch vs. Fitzwilliam Darcy
I tease my husband sometimes, telling him the only man I'd leave him for is Atticus Finch as played by Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird. Not Gregory Peck, mind you (although it's a close call!), but the fictional Atticus. But then a friend reminded me of my crush...
Traditional Publishing Vs. Self-Publishing
I've never seriously considered self-publishing even though so many authors are doing it these days. It's easier than ever and some folks have even been quite successful. Heard of "The Shack?" But it just never appealed to me. And I'll be honest about why. I want--no...
A Winter Poem
I don't know where you are, but here, in Western North Carolina, it's COLD. Oh, I hear you Canadian friends--a day above freezing is balmy to you. But to me? It's COLD. The problem is, we had temperatures in the 70s two weeks ago and I caught a bad case of spring...
Finding it hard to wait? Eat some chocolate.
Okay, maybe that's not the takeaway Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney, co-authors of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength intended. But it sure makes me happy. The gist of Baumeister's research is that willpower is mental energy powered by glucose....
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