Speaking of distractions . . .

Here’s my latest! We’ve adopted a puppy and I’m a little sidetracked. We had dogs when we got married almost 15 years ago and lost the last of three December 6, 2009 (see post here). It’s been over a year now and we’ve taken the plunge...

Recess!

I took a day off on Monday just because I had some vacation time piled up. It turned out to be excellent timing with a gorgeous, 70+ degree day (our seasonal average is 50). So what to do with a whole day to myself? Well, I wrote several scenes in book two. Read...

The Fear of Writing

Our Wednesday evening Bible study group is reading Max Lucado’s book “Fearless.” It’s interesting to hear what others are afraid of and how they deal with those fears. The book is great–zooming in on some of our most common fears and...

When You Grow Up . . .

So what do you want to be when you grow up? I wanted to be a ballerina, a lawyer and an interior decorator. In college I wanted to be a marine scientist until I took chemistry. Then I didn’t know what I wanted to be, but I got a degree in English because that...

Hope does not disappoint

The very nice editor who took a second look at my book seemed to like it, but didn’t think it would work for her publishing house. Which is a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is she’s not publishing my book. The good news is she thinks a...