Introducing: L.L. Barkat

For fifteen years, I tossed around as a magazine designer, art director, and editorial consultant. Now, I’m a speaker for a New York Bible teaching ministry. My first book, currently titled Secrets in Stone: finding grace in hard & hidden places, combines memoir with spiritual musing and is due out next year through InterVarsity Press.…

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Homemade placemats

When my kids were younger I wanted to find a way for them to feel connected to far away relatives and friends, so I made placemats with all the photos they sent us. On one side I put photos of my family, grandparents, cousins, etc. On the other side I put friends. Then I laminated…

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Introducing: Marybeth Whalen

I am a writer and speaker for Proverbs 31 Ministries. I have always written– ever since I was a little girl and could first put words on paper. I love to write, and feel blessed to be able to do something I love. When I was a little girl, I used to say that when…

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Patience!

It’s funny that you had to wait for this post entitled patience! I’ve been really busy right now in my life, but those details will have to wait for another post. Patience! That’s one of the words God spoke to me at ACFW this year. And no word is more dreaded to a choleric then…

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Breaking into Magazines

As a pre-teen with literary dreams, I was blessed to have a newspaper editor for an uncle. During a visit to his house, he introduced me to a Writer’s Market and demonstrated how to submit poems and short stories to magazines. After a few dozen submissions, I received my first byline. And you know what–I…

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A Heritage

The kids and I traveled to Nebraska last week. It was a whirlwind weekend. We celebrated my baby brother’s wedding followed by my grandparents sixty years of marriage sandwiched with another wedding celebration. Times like that make me consider what’s really important. As my cousins, siblings and I reminisced about what meant the most to…

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Introducing: Mary E. DeMuth

I love to write and speak about the redemptive hand of God in impossible situations. My books include Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God (Harvest House, 2005), Building the Christian Family You Never Had (WaterBrook, 2006), Watching the Tree Limbs, and Wishing on Dandelions (NavPress, 2006). A thirty-nine-year-old wife of Patrick and mother of three, I live…

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Life Value

© Staci Stallings Everyone understands that if you sell something, you get a cash return. This return may be large or small depending on the quality of the product or service. The cash value of any particular item may be expressed in dollars and cents. A widget may cost $5.00 or a super-widget may cost…

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Announcing a New Carnival

I’m excited to announce a new feature here at Writer…Interrupted. It’s the Carnival of Christian Writers. We will be hosting the carnival here once a month on the last Monday of the month. Please read the guidelines below and submit your entries!! Guidelines: Your post must be related to writing. Please check out the writing…

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