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Speaking in Tongues
I love to write dialogue in my novels. And I think I do it reasonably well (at least, that's the feedback I've gotten). I'm still trying to figure out things like tension, plot and characterization, but I'm mostly comfortable with verbal back and forth. I think I...
Happy Anniversary – To Us!
Sixteen years ago today I slipped into scandalous underwear and then a wedding gown at my grandmother's house. Talk about a once-in-a-lifetime experience! My dear friend Jennifer and I spent the morning making our own bouquets at the kitchen table. Queen Anne's Lace...
A Poem in Memory of Aunt Bess
If my great-aunt Bess were still alive, she would have turned 108 this month. We fell in love when I was a toddler and never fell out. When I stopped going to church in college, she would ask me, every time I saw her if I'd started back. When I finally did, I told...
Speaking in Shorthand
If you're an editor-type, you probably catch yourself editing signs, magazines, the newspaper--basically anything written. And you probably even edit what people say, if only in your head. (Really, unless it's a 10-year-old, it's best to do it in your head.) I...
A Little Encouragement (Via the Genesis Contest)
Last year I entered the ACFW's Genesis Contest thinking I had a fair chance of finaling if not winning in my category. I mean, I believe in my writing! Well, I didn't even make the semis. But I did get amazing feedback from three authors that helped improve my...
On a Collision Course With Kindness
Last Friday I was about to pull out of work onto the main road. I looked right and saw a black VW pull out of the high school. I looked left and saw a white Chevy moving toward me. I waited for the traffic to clear and heard a WHUMP. The driver of the white car turned...
Can a Weakness be a Strength?
I recently took an on-line strengths finder test. (I love self-analysis type tests!) I've done Ansel-Casey and others, but this was a new one to me, and I was interested to see the results. There are dozens of "themes" that I could potentially fall into and three...
More Bears – Cause I Can't Write Anything Better Than This!
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