Okay, I know you have gotten days like this. I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets them. We have had quite a November already – in fact I was telling my husband tonight that it’s okay by me if November disappears (even though this month we celebrate his birthday and tomorrow is ourContinue Reading
The Effective Prayer…
If there is one thing I have learned over the course of the last week, that is the effective prayer of a righteous man…which the Bible says avails much. Sometimes the prayer comes not in the way we think it should. But God’s promise is that it will avail much if we are in aContinue Reading
The Time for Armor
Be strong in the Lord and the power of His might. If there was ever a time for Christians to get on the whole armor of God and to stand fast against the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6) now is the time. I have seen more happening in the spiritual world with spiritual battlesContinue Reading
Gone to the Trail
The Appalachian Trail calls – I will be out hiking Shenandoah National Park with a fellow section hiker. So I will not be blogging this coming Monday, but will when I return the following week (though it may be a few days late). May you have prosperous writing days, and if you can, enjoy theContinue Reading
You Can Always Learn New Revision Techniques
This is me sometimes in the picture – frantically trying to make my manuscript the best it can be. Going over and over it, checking the flow of the story, checking grammar, checking for words that spellcheck misses. All important areas so that your story, and not the glaring mistakes, comes forth to the editor’sContinue Reading
The World of Rejections
Rejection. What writer has not gone through the unpleasant phenomenon of having your life’s work rejected by an editor as I did just today. I have had all kinds of rejections concerning my writing. Some better than others, to be honest. I have received the printed form letter with no signature (before the advent ofContinue Reading
Cornucopia of a Fiction Proposal
I was decorating for the fall season today and set up a display of cornucopia – the traditional horn of plenty overflowing with fruit and vegetables of the season. It got me thinking today about the fruit and veggies that I put into a fiction proposal to ready it for an agent or an editor.Continue Reading
I Have No Idea What to Write…
I have no idea what to write today on my blog. This is what is running through my mind as I sit here. Usually I’ve had some momentous writing experience to detail in my blog for the week. Instead I spent time recounting some interesting experiences on my hike this past weekend, which I detailContinue Reading
Networking with Online Communities
A few days ago, I just joined Facebook. I had heard about it, of course, because my son is totally enthralled by it. He gets fish slammed, super poked, written on a wall, and all the other interesting scenarios, of which I had NO IDEA what was happening! But I am a part of aContinue Reading
Never Forget 9-11
To our brave heroes who fight for freedom. To the families who lost so much. To our leaders – past, present, and future. We salute you and pray for you. America – NEVER FORGET!
Expanding Your Profile
Well, it’s time to wander off the deep end into unknown territory. As most of you know, I have leaped from being a fiction author for over twelve years into the newest realm of non fiction writing. I certainly don’t know everything, even after attending a writer’s conference, but I am trying to get myContinue Reading
Storms During Political Parties
Ah, the storms of life. Today the Gulf Coast got hit by Hurricane Gustav, and next weekend we might be feeling the effects of Hurricane Hanna here in my neck of the woods. But although the storms are angry, black, unpredictable, and fierce, God is still in control. I know how upset I felt atContinue Reading