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Don't Worry
A mother bear and her three cubs have been cutting through our backyard all spring and summer. Our house backs up to a steep hillside covered with trees and we think the den must not be too far away. They've worn paths through the little clearing on the other side of...
Farmer's Market
Our little community has a Farmer's Market every Saturday morning. Local growers have had the most beautiful tomatoes the past few weeks. Today I'm hoping for okra and green beans. I'm taking my neighbor Agnes with me this morning. She's 89 and grew up on a farm in...
Remember what your mom said about watermelon seeds?
Today's item is just for fun. Reading wacky stories on the Internet is definitely a good way to pass the time while waiting. Well maybe not a GOOD way, but it's a way. So, yes, I was told by any number of people as a child that if I swallowed watermelon seeds they...
What I've neglected lately
WILD FRUIT
When raspberries ripen
along the trails I walk,
I plan my path to find fruit
ripe for the picking.
Two here, six there,
never more than a dozen.
I eat them out of hand,
sweeter for their rarity.
Cradling a perfect berry
in my palm I search for more.
The looking takes long enough
for the ripe fruit to color my flesh.
A stigmata of a stain.
I examine the deep, red mark,
as I savor the sweetness of fruit,
the bitter crunch of seed.
I wonder at such gifts
free for the taking.
While I wait–writing
So, I said the two best things to do while waiting for a response to my proposal are reading and writing--what am I writing? Why, the second book, of course! I'm writing a series based on the miracles of Jesus. The characters will be loosely related if at all. Each...
The proposals have been sent
It's done. After a week of fiddling and tweaking and perfecting, I've sent book proposals to editors at two publishing houses. Now the real waiting begins. And the trying not to check my e-mail every 15 minutes. Q4U - What have you had to wait for recently? An...
While I wait–reading
From what I've learned about the publishing business, the best things to do (for my writing career) while waiting are reading and writing the next book. So here's what I'm reading these days: Walking on Broken Glass by Christa Allan The Mailbox by Marybeth Whalen Jane...
Welcome to my blog . . .
Please join me on what I hope is the road to publication. I've written a Christian contemporary novel that I hope to see published. I've written the book and pitched it to editors at a Christian conference. By Monday morning my proposal will be on it's way. If I...
Meet Sarah
