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Need a Dose of Peace?
It's been a hectic week and it's only Wednesday. Writing, contests, blogging, work, church, puppy raising--LIVING. It just gets so crazy sometimes. So if you, like me, need a little peace, it would seem Maine is the place to go. In a recent ranking by the Institute...
She Speaks Scholarship Contest
I went to an amazing Christian speaker/writer/leader conference in Charlotte, NC, last year and plan to go again this summer. Having been to a more "literary" writer's retreat previously I found She Speaks to be refreshing and inspiring. There was NO sense of...
Breaking News – Win a Full Set of Francine Rivers' Books
I just entered a contest at Tyndale House to win a full set of Francine Rivers' books. The runners-up prizes are pretty great, too. She's my favorite CBA author--check her out.
Why do YOU write?
I know not all of my readers are writers, but many of you are. And those of you who aren't are passionate about something . . . cooking, reading, gardening. So, why do you do it? I had a devotional turned down for publication earlier this week (doesn't that sound...
Pruning My Files
So I decided it was high time I did some cleaning out of my writing files. I have old versions of manuscripts, variations on queries, proposals for every opportunity. You know, computer files with the same name except for the 2, 3 or 4 tacked on the end. I know I...
How Happy Are You?
A recent Gallup poll gave a wellbeing index score to each of the states--Hawaii topped the list with a 70.1 and West Virginia (my home state) fell to the bottom with a 61.7. As a sidebar to this poll, The New York Times decided to find the happiest person in America...
The Annunciation – March 25
Here we are, in the midst of Lent. And today is the Annunciation. The day the Archangel Gabriel told Mary that she was going to give birth to the saviour of the world. And I thought I'd had a challenging week. So let's see. Mary is just going about her business--maybe...
What formed your love of reading?
I was reading another blog yesterday that touched on favorite books from childhood. I was what you might call an avid reader when I was a kid. Bombs could explode, tornadoes could strike, my brother could pester me and my focus would be entirely on the book at hand. I...
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