Posts by Gina Conroy
One Bite at a Time
by Ron Estarada The old adage gives explicit instructions on how to eat an elephant: one bite at a time. Anne Lamont’s outstanding writing how-to book Bird by Bird follows the same line of reasoning. In fact, just about any book on the craft begs and pleads of the beginning novelist not to sit down…
Read MoreInterrupted by Vacation: Long Island, New York Edition
It’s been years since I’ve been to New York. Years since I walked the streets where I grew up, ate the BEST food in the world, and hung out with the craziest, funnest, and most loving people on earth! My family! No kids. No husband… And I’m having the time of my life! I thought…
Read MoreFlashback Friday: Author Lynette Sowell
Welcome to Flashback Fridays! For the summer and beyond, I’m going to run some nostalgic posts on parenting and writing from writing wannabes, newbies, and published authors. Many of these prepublished writing interviews are now published. So I encourage you to visit their sites and see what they’re up to today. 2006 Lynette Sowell is…
Read MoreWriter…Interrupted By Summer
School has been out for a couple of weeks and I’m THRILLED that for a short season I’m free from all the trappings of the school year. For the next couple of months, I won’t have to: help with any Algebra homework drag any children out of bed scrounge through the kitchen to find something…
Read MoreTension–the Writer’s Gorilla Glue
by Ron Estrada Well Super G is back, so I can’t talk about her like I did for the past two weeks. Most of the stuff I said wasn’t true. At least it couldn’t be proved. Speaking of tension, that’s our topic of the day. Last weekend I read Brandilyn Collins latest, That Dog Won’t…
Read MoreFlashback Fridays: Life’s Little Interruptions
Flashback Fridays: March 2006 Almost six weeks ago I signed up for a Bible Study with some home schooling friends. I really didn’t feel like committing to another night out of the home especially since my family was already over scheduled with activities, but my husband encouraged me to go, and I knew I needed something…
Read More6 Bible Verses for Writers
By Gina Conroy and Brandy Heineman Many of us look at the Bible as one big book, but it’s actually many different books written by different authors organized in a way to help us come to know the nature of God and his people. The authors range from murdering orphans, whining righteous men and prophets…
Read MoreDropbox…a writer’s lifesaver
By Ron Estrada Super G is back in the wonderland that is Oklahoma, but we’ve still got a little time to ravage her blog while she recovers from a severe overdose of trans fats. By the way…who knew you could get a good bottle of chardonnay at White Castle? Only in New Yawk. Today, my…
Read MoreFlashback Friday: Author Robin Caroll
Welcome to Flashback Fridays! For the summer and beyond, I’m going to run some nostalgic posts on parenting and writing from writing wannabes, newbies, and published authors. Many of these prepublished writing interviews are now published. So I encourage you to visit their sites and see what they’re up to today. Feb 2007 Robin Caroll,…
Read MoreSeizing Your God-Given Writing Potential
By Tanya Dennis Sometimes I fear that my personal lack of discipline will ruin my kids’ futures. I look at them and see these bundles, packed with potential to an unfathomable degree. They overflow with it! The horizon stretches in sunset hues while God works His wonders in and through their lives, employing each gift…
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