Posts by Gina Conroy
It’s Real Life
When you think of “the life of a writer,” what do you think of? I imagine an older lady who lives near the ocean, alone with her cat. She walks the beach and collects shells, then later she works with words the same way: Searching for them, studying them, gathering them, and displaying them. My…
Read MoreBook Give-a-Ways
Okay, here’s the next challenge and the next book give-a-way! Name at least FOUR new things you see in my side bar. If you get them right, I will put your name in a drawing for the two books Jennifer didn’t choose! (I know, I know I have yet to mail them out, but hey,…
Read MoreFall Foto Fun: State Fair
It’s Not Up to You
(c) Staci Stallings, 2005 The ego in us tells us that we have to do it-whatever “it” happens to be. It may be working or finding work, or studying or practicing, or learning an instrument or learning anything. “It” could be a lot of things, but the biggest lie in this life is that “it”…
Read MoreHoliday Cookies Made Easier
Last year when I took a plate of Christmas cookies to my daughter’s preschool teacher I was surprised by her comment. “Thank you. Not many people give homemade Christmas cookies anymore. It seems to be a lost art around.” That made me sad to hear that so many people forego this holiday tradition. Growing up…
Read MoreCelebrating Christ Through the YearVeteran’s Day
I’m starting a new series today called Celebrating Christ Through the Year. I wrote this article years ago, yet never really implemented it in my own family. I hope to do so this time around. I’m starting before the New Year so we can share some of the wonderful ideas for the holidays! Celebrating Jesus…
Read MoreMondays Story Challenge
Drumroll please…………… Thanks to all those who participated. All FOUR of you. Come on, I have to have more readers then FOUR who are willing to stretch their writing wings. Heck, this is a writer’s blog, isn’t it. Well, here’s the short story!!! Gina’s heart thudded against her ribs. The noises in the dark grew…
Read MoreHow Many Days Until Christmas?
It’s started already! The Christmas Wreaths on lamp posts. The seasonal merchandise in stores and those darn Saturday morning cartoons toy commercials which turn even the most angelic kids into screaming Gimme Monsters. A commercial break doesn’t go by without Grace yelling from the playroom, “Mommy I want Trinity doll” or “Mommy, I want that…
Read MoreWhat We Learned Today
Community Service God wants us to reach out to people in need: Today we took Susan, my old college friend, her favorite meal for her 40th birthday. The boys wrote a Jesus rap and put on a show for her. Then they did some magic tricks and we ate cake and sang happy birthday. HAPPY…
Read MoreEditors Speak Out
If you ever wanted to know what goes on inside an editors head and how you can be a better writer, then check these out. And these are two of my favorite “tell it like it is” people in the business! Interview with Karen Ball, author and editor. Interview with Mick Silva of Waterbrook
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