Posts by Gina Conroy
Grace and Grandma
“Evil Grandma!” “Evil Grandma!” That’s what Grace shouted when Grandma came to congratulate her after her graduation. Grace was just having fun, being silly, but Grandma was mortified. You see, Grace and Grandma have been having issues since she came to live here after she broke her wrist five months ago. (Five months, wow! It…
Read MoreDragon Light by Donita K. Paul
It is June FIRST, time for the FIRST Blog Tour! (Join our alliance! Click the button!) The FIRST day of every month we will feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! The feature author is: Donita K. Paul and her book: DragonLight WaterBrook Press (June 17, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donita K. Paul…
Read MoreCarnival Contest Winner
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! We have a CONTEST WINNER from our 20th Carnival of Christian Writers! Our winner is . . . Kathryn Lang! Kathryn is the winner of her choice of either two weeks – month of free advertising on Writer . . . Interrupteed or a writing critique of a first chapter. Thank you for…
Read MoreAccuClean
Several members of my family suffer from seasonal allergies. And it seems like my husband and two older boys suffer the most. Sneezing, stuffy nose and head. If you have allergies you know how miserable and draining it can be on your system. I try and stay away from the over the counter poison medicine…
Read MoreSummer Savings Ideas #2
Don’t let your cash get away from you this summer. Join me Saturdays here at Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted and get a grip on your cash flow and start sharing your savings ideas. I don’t know about you, but I’m appalled at how quickly gas is rising, so I’m on a mission to think of…
Read MoreStill Re-evaluating!
Even though I’m still re-evaluating if writing is something I should be doing at this time in my life, I am still very aware that I need to finish what I started. I’m going to make a concentrated effort to finish polishing my WIP in case the agent wants to see it. In fact I…
Read MoreWriting Mom: Tina Forkner part 2
I can’t remember how Tina and I first met online, but she soon became a kindred spirit. Then I heard her share her testimony at ACFW and I became an instant fan. This is Tina’s second interview here .Be sure you don’t miss her first! How does writing while unpublished differ from writing under a…
Read MoreNo Time for Doubt
Gina Conroy’s thought provoking poll won’t leave me alone this week. Here’s her Q, followed by three choices: “What is your top writing interruption?” “Job. Family. Procrastination/Self-doubt.” No surprise that over 50% of the votes go to the voices in our head telling us we can’t do it, or that we don’t have time. I…
Read MoreMy Nonconformist Underachiever
Grace is a character. As anyone can tell from reading this blog, but what happened on her kindergarten graduation is just a testimony to my wonderful, nonconformist, feisty little girl. When it was time to tell everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up, the kids walked up to the mic. The typical…
Read MoreLife’s an Itch!
Seriously! About two weeks ago I found something on me that looked like ringworm (not a real worm, but a fungus and equally yucky to think about.) So I scanned the internet and found that applying Monistat or some other fungal cream should take care of it. After a week of such application there seemed…
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