Posts by Gina Conroy
Oh, The Games We Play
Sometimes it’s hard to get motivated. I tend to get bogged down and overloaded with all the stuff I have to do, and then become paralyzed and unable to do any of it! I often have to play games with myself just to get moving in the right direction. I love the “Just for Today”…
Read MoreAnnie and Ramblings…
Grace is singing in the bathroom. “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow, you’re always a day away!!” We just returned from Annie the National Tour. Though it’s not Grace’s first play (she gets to see a lot because her brothers are performers) it was mine when I was little. I remember so clearly sitting in…
Read MoreStitched
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NIV With great thought and vision, fabrics are selected. My hand glides along the patterns as I imagine the finished creation. First I stretch the cloth, smoothing the wrinkles, measuring…
Read MoreWordful Wednesday
Abusing Grace Handing out grace is tricky business. When I use it in my parenting I run the risk of my children taking my grace and running, without a changed heart. But do I stop offering grace? No. Because true grace will transform a person’s heart. It’s the same with God and sinners. You know…
Read MoreI’m Calling it Quits!
Life has gotten crazy with trying to be a good mom to my kids, writing, and managing all my blogs, something has got to go. So I’ve decided to after this WIP, I’m kissing my fiction career goodbye and blogging goodbye! It’s apparent I can’t do everything well, so I have to let some things…
Read MoreFIRST: Ryann Watters and the King’s Sword by Eric Reinhold
It is April FIRST–no foolin’–, time for the FIRST Day 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 special feature author is: ERIC REINHOLD and his book: Ryan Watters and the King’s Sword Creation House (May 2008)…
Read MoreThis Interruption Called Cancer
by Guest Author Mike Dellosso Talk about interruptions. Hey, I’m a husband and a daddy to three little, very talkative, very active girls. I’m used to interruptions. But on March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day–I’m not Irish) I sat at work with my ear to the phone, thinking I’m only 35, I have a wife and…
Read MoreYou Know Life is Too Busy when You Forget ELMO!
Sheesh! This month has been filled with tickets to the circus, Annie, and Elmo. We made it to the first two, but maybe it was the drizzly weather yesterday. Or the fact that my husband worked nonstop around the house or that we just didn’t write it on the calendar (or maybe we did and…
Read MoreMarch 2008 Carvival of Christian Writers #18
Catch Spring Fever at the March 2008 Carnival of Christian Writers #18 Literary agent Rachelle Gardner shares some tips on how to decide which of your book ideas are viable in “Decisions, Decisions“. At My Writing Mentor blog, author Tricia Goyer reflects on the heart of “The Underdog” and offers great…
Read MoreSpring Cleaning!
Not only does my house need a spring cleaning hose down, so does my daily routine. It seems since Christmas I’ve been off schedule. The only thing on schedule is my exercise routine. Though if you looked at the scale you wouldn’t be able to tell. I keep putting my house and my daily chores…
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