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Fiction Fridays: My First Contract
At the ACFW Conference in Dallas last month God gave me a deep desire of my heart. And He did it in a way I can only call a kiss from heaven. Since I was a young girl, I have wanted to write. I have a shelf of journals at home that prove this. Periodically,…
Introducing: Mick Silva
Mick Silva is the youngest acquisitions editor at WaterBrook Press, specializing in narrative nonfiction and select fiction. The usual background stuff: 2 decades of Christian education in California. Eldest son to a pastorâs family of 3 boys. Some general Holden Caufield experience at a Christian college. Post-grad Europe trip to escape the frustrating absence of…
The Tag Of Four
Beck has tagged me with the four word meme. I have to personally define them, and THEN I get to tag four more people with words of my own choosing. Beck’s words: Callipygian: While studying biology this year I came across this term as some what of freakish species in nature. It’s the cross between…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…