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Chasing Rainbows
(c) Staci Stallings, 2005 I’ve always loved rainbows, so this lesson was a little hard for me to learn. A few friends and I got together to sing-one of my favorite things to do. One of the songs we pulled out was about chasing rainbows. It said in effect that we’re all just chasing pretty…
Contest Alert
I don’t know how I missed posting about this contest. But Asian Chick Lit Writer, Camy Tang is giving away some great stuff. I am giving away a huge basket of books AND an 8 GB iPod Nano! This contest is exclusively for my newsletter YahooGroup subscribers. If you’re not a subscriber, join today! 1st…
Mystery Novella
I’ve been working on a mystery novella for a couple of months with a great group of gals from my critique group. When this opportunity came about I dropped my current WIPs and jumped at the chance. In fact, it was something I’d been praying specifically for (among other things.) I’m not a huge fan…
Guest Blogger Mary DeMuth on Writing Resolutions
Will this be the year of your dreams come true? Or just another ho-hum year where you plug away (or not) and end up in the same place you were when you started? How do writers break in? Or better yet, break through? If you’d like to head toward that slippery nirvana called publication, read…
SPAM, A LOT
No, not Spamalot, the musical rendition of Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie (which I’ll be seeing in July thanks to hubby’s gift of season tickets), but a lot of Spam applications for my Webring. I’m talking over 260 spam applications that need to be deleted one by one, which means I have to open each…
Mid-Week Motivation
Starting Your Day Out Right! Scripture, Short Devotion “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” ~ 1 Peter 2:2-3 As believers, our beginnings are often very much like our human beginnings. We are young,…
Getting Organized
by Dena Dyer www.denadyer.com If you have a resolution to “get organized” with your writing, here are a few tips that have worked for me: 1. First, know your organizing personality. For example, don’t try to use notebooks if you’re not a notebook person. If you love doing everything paperless, go paperless. Don’t try and…
Hazardous Duty
Hazardous Duty by Christy Barritt BACK COVER COPY Buying a gun to kill your wife: $3000 Hiring a Trauma Care to clean afterward: $1500 Having that same cleaner uncover evidence that frames you: Priceless On her way to completing a degree in forensic science, Gabby St. Claire drops out of school and starts her own…
What’s Jesus Doing in Your Life?
My church has started tht new year off by taking a closer look at Jesus. I’ll be starting a series to share my thoughts on what I’ve gleaned at church. I hope you’ll join me in taking a closer look at Jesus. Look for these posts on Sunday or Monday for the month of January!…
Flash Fiction: Mick Silva
Busy today. A bit crazed, in fact. I’d like to say I’m good on days like these, but I’m not. In truth, they make me retreat into fantasy. Anything to escape… “Do you have the time,” the clock asks, no doubt amused by the irony in his statement, I’m sure. Cheeky clocks are forever messing…