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Friday the Whatteenth?
Are you superstitious? I say that I'm not, but honestly. Shoot, sometimes I approach God with superstition. Something bad happen? It must be because I skipped my Bible reading. When something good has happened, I've worn the exact same outfit I had on at the time when...
Subsequent Books
While I'm perfecting book one I'm writing book two in my Everyday Miracles Series. A blog post by Rachelle Gardener today made me wonder if readers prefer subsequent books that are related to the debut or books that are completely different. I adore the Mitford Series...
Happy Mother's Day
I was blessed to spend this past weekend with my mom. She and her best friend came to spend the weekend with my husband and me. On Saturday evening I flopped on the sofa next to her and laid my 39-year-old head on her shoulder. She stroked my hair while we sat and...
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them . . .
I wrote the following devotional that appeared in The Journey Christian Newspaper today. A new publishing credit! Working for a non-profit children’s ministry means I often get to feel fulfilled by what I do for a living. Children come to us because they are...
Blackberry Winter
This past weekend I noticed that the blackberry brambles were finally starting to bloom and thought to myself that blackberry winter would likely be along any day. Well, tomorrow we're not supposed to get out of the upper 50s after a nice stretch of 70s. I've been...
Showing vs. Telling
Most every writer who's studied the craft knows that we're supposed to show the reader what's happening rather than tell. Instead of, "She introduced herself shyly," we write "She introduced herself with her chin against her chest and one foot tucked behind the other....
Meeting Expectations
A commoner became a princess today. One of the most carefully guarded secrets about the royal wedding was Kate's dress. I know the most exciting part of my wedding (other than actually getting to marry Jim!) was choosing the dress. I was so excited to wear that...
When television makes me want to write
Typically I'm one of those people who thinks the book is better than the movie. And sometimes when a favorite book is made into a movie, I'm not even sure I want to see it. How will they have messed it up? What wonderful things will be left out? And then I watched...
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