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Romantic Suspense
Jill Elizabeth Nelson here. I write romantic suspense. I do not write suspense. I do not write romance. It is romantic suspense. Well, I do write in other genres, but today’s blog is about a subgenre in which I’ve been published, and what differentiates it from related genres. So just what IS the difference between…
My Son May be a Published Author Before Me!
We were vacationing on Pensacola Beach when I opened this email! (Thank God for high speed internet hotels) Needless to say, we were all thrilled and surprised! Joey next big goal is to audition for Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader! One thing I’ve learned with this son of mine, is that anything is…
Congratulations to OUR Gensis Finalists!
I know I’m late in announcing this, but here are the winners of the ACFW Genesis contest. I bolded Writer…Interrupted members and PLEASE let me know if I left someone out. With over 100 members, I’m bound to forget someone. Winners will be announced at the conference in September. Please leave a comment of congratulations…
There’s No Place Like Home
We’re back home… We’re back to the routine (or trying to figure out a new summer routine after the kids spent endless hours playing PS2 all day long.) We’re back to a messy house (we left in a rush, unfolded clothes, dishes on the counter, toys on the floor) after spending two days at my…
Writing Away
I am doing something new this summer…writing a book on deadline. This is a new experience for me, and one that I pray I get right. You see as a new author, I have a reputation to earn and protect. And I’m learning all the time. In an ideal world, I’ll write a chapter a…
One Foot in front of the Other
Do you ever feel like the Winter Warlock in Santa Claus is coming to town? The one who is all grouchy and scary on the outside, but deep down he has a heart of gold. He masks his pain with a frozen layer of ice and snow, and reeks havoc on those around him. Yet…
Which Jonah Are You?
“Sometimes it would be nice to just move to a desert and pray all the time. You know, just be alone with God.” That’s how my sister described being a stay-at-home mom who keeps others’ kids at her home. Now, I only have a three-year-old at home with two others in school, but I completely…
Using Stories to Reach Readers
by Ron Estrada I’ve undertaken a post in a new ministry in our United Methodist Church. It seems the Methodists are going through a transitional stage, a return to our roots so to speak. More for most of us, it’s a heavy sigh of relief. But it’s not just the UM Church undergoing a change,…
Happy Birthday Baby Boy!
Timmy is 7 years old today! I remember his birth so well. It was quick and fast, so fast in fact the doctor didn’t get there in time. My water had broken as it did in my two previous preludes to labor. The hospital was less than a mile a way, so we picked up…
GROWING GRAMMAR: DIALOGUE
Writing dialogue is tricky enough. Then there’s that whole punctuation issue, unless, well, you’re William Faulkner, James Joyce, or Cormac McCarthy, to name a few. They dispensed with punctuation littering their prose, and critics deem them style-masters. (Try doing that in a Genesis contest!). Some might deem them confusion-masters, but that’s another column. The rules…