Posts by Gina Conroy
Quick Fiction Fixes – Writer’s Voice, part two
We’re all busy, whether working full-time or chasing/chauffeuring kids around all day. Yet we’re also writers, striving to get our words on paper and then polish it to a sparkle. This column gives quick fixes for fiction manuscripts specifically for busy writers. Pick and choose what works best for you! Developing your writing voice, part…
Read MoreProcrastinators… I feel your pain
It’s National Procrastination Month. Like I need another excuse to put off… (you fill in the blank coz I’ve probably put it off). We’ve all been guilty of that “I’ll do it later” mentality. And let’s face it– there are lots of reasons for procrastinating. Some of them are even good reasons. For example… …the…
Read MoreNever Let Your Kids Pick a Candle Fragrance
I could have gone into my husband’s office and picked a candle from the two young men selling them for charity. But I have too many candles as it is, and I didn’t feel like getting out of the car when I went to pick up my boys at their dad’s office. So I told…
Read MoreSchool: A Muliple Choice Question?
I’m tired of always second guessing myself about homeschooling. I’m tired of my unfulfilled idealistic visions for homeschool. The first year, I planned my curriculum and thought we’d do fun projects and read, snuggled up on the couch. Then reality hit. Homeschooling two kids with a two-year-old tornado didn’t work very well. Plus how much…
Read MoreMid-Week Motivation
Starting Your Day out Right Scripture, Short Devotion “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He pulled me out of deep waters.”~~Psalm 18:13-19 In too deep. Think back to the time when you first felt the grasp of that firm hand, reaching out of what seemed like impossible hope, and finding…
Read MoreI should be doing something else…
Kids are in be early, husband is working late at the office. I really should be plotting my cozy, or folding mounds of laundry, but instead I’m catching up on my blog reading. Learning new things about old friends and realizing I miss a lot of them and I’m wondering how in the world I…
Read MoreGuest Blogging Today!
I’m posting at Generation Next Today! Go check it out and make sure Tricia knows I sent you!
Read MoreMore on the Tomb
Randy Ingermanson (who has a PhD in theoretical physics as well as being an all-around brilliant math guy and a fabulous novelist) has a fascinating analysis of the probablity of the bones in the tomb being Jesus of Nazareth. Though he lost me on some of the math (you can easily follow the equations if…
Read MoreAnd the Winner is …
Life as a Mama with 9 comments! Thanks to all who played and who are still reading even after the blog party!
Read MoreStaying on Target: Chapter after Chapter
“Why is that lady shooting a bow and arrow?” my youngest son asked me yesterday, holding my copy of Heather Sellers’ Chapter after Chapter. “Because she’s aiming for a target,” I told him. “But where’s the target? I can’t see it.” He turned the book over and looked at me puzzled. “Well, she’s writing a…
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