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What are you passionate about?
Your husband? Hopefully. Your kids? Yes. God. YES! What about the stuff you do in your daily life? Can you honestly say you’re following your passions? This is a quote from Debbie Macomber’s book Knit Together. If you haven’t read it I highly recommend it. It’s about Debbie’s journey to becoming a NY Times Best-selling…
Change
It’s been three weeks since my mother moved in. I haven’t blogged about it yet, at first because I was a little nervous having a mother living in the same town after twenty years on my own. Then life got busy, and there wasn’t much to report on. Things are going better than I could…
Margie Lawson and a Chance to Win
Margie Lawson taught the early bird session at ACFW last year and shared some wonderful insight into character emotion and powering up your prose. I learned so much and was so impressed by how much more there was to learn that I logged onto her website and bought her Deep Edits system lecture packet. Today…
Did You Ever Have One of Those Divine Appointments?
I had one Thursday morning. Since I only had two hours to write before my daughter’s field trip, I decided to go to a coffee shop close to her school. It wasn’t my favorite coffee shop because the rooms weren’t conducive to quiet writing. Every room I entered had someone gabbing to a friend, loudly.…
The Battle We Can’t See
If you’re like me, you most likely get pulled in multiple directions on a daily basis. Interruptions abound and your self-identity is as apparent and flittering as the steam on the bathroom mirror. And that’s if you even got a shower that day. You’re a mother, a wife, someone’s assistant-boss-you fill in the blank, the…
Froose Juice!
About five years ago our family adopted a more healthier lifestyle eliminating almost all preservatives and artificial colorings and flavors from our food. While we’re not religious about this practice I’m always on the look out for healthy and tasty snacks and drinks. Here’s what some people are saying… (stay tuned for what I think!)…
Truffles by the Sea
Truffles by the Sea is Julie Carobini’s second offering. I loved this book! Gaby, Bri’s best friend from Chocolate Beach (mom lit and another great read), is the star of this book, and her life is a mess! I can’t think of one more thing that could go wrong in this poor woman’s life! Her…
Sisters, Ink by Rebecca Seitz
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Sister’s Ink Broadman & Holman Books (February 1, 2008) by Rebeca Seitz ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rebeca Seitz is Founder and President of Glass Road Public Relations. An author for several years, PRINTS CHARMING was her first novel. Rebeca cut her publicity teeth as the first dedicated…
And the Winner of My Reader’s Contest is…
Tara @ http://www.minnesotamamma.blogspot.com/ If Tara doesn’t respond to my email by next Friday, then I will pick another winner. And what did she win? The Trophy Wives Club by Kristin Billerbeck Sushi for One by Camy Tang What to Expect Guide to a Healthy Home
Quick Fiction Fixes – Show don’t tell emotions, part 2
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! Show don’t tell: Writing emotions…