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Thoughts on Passion
It’s a popular perception of writers, based at least a bit in reality, that we tend toward the eccentric. Maybe even a little obsessive. We’re known for things like keeping odd hours and stashing pens and paper in the car or on the nightstand; for saying things like “That’d make a great story,” or “I…
The Jelly Bean Prayer
Good intentions always come with the holidays, but the busyness of the season usually wins out. If you’re a late planner like me this year, don’t worry, here are some quick, meaningful and fun things you can do for Easter. What fun and meaningful things do you have planned this Easter? This is a really…
Brainstorming
Tuesday Teachings from the archives: I’ve been going back through the wonderful content on Writer…Interrupted and wanted to share the relevant teaching from past posts! Hope you enjoy this new Tuesday feature! This month’s feature: From Idea to The End So you’ve got that idea that sparks your interest and you need to take that seed…
A Guide to the Early Years of a Writer’s Career Path
Uncertainty is a fundamental part of the writing profession. It permeates every part of the job, from uncertainty about what to write about to uncertainty about whether what you write will ever be published and if you’ll make enough to survive. During the early stages of a writing career, though, the uncertainty can be excessive,…
Here Comes the Messiah: April Fools!
Are we any different than the followers of Jesus who laid palm branches on the ground for him to pass over into Jerusalem? It was his triumphal entry. The symbolic proclamation that the Messiah had come and would change the course of history by taking his rightful place as king…and set the Jews free from Roman…
The Good Interruptions
Interruptions are not always bad. Sometimes they’re necessary. Sometimes they’re blessings in disguise. Last week my regularly scheduled post was interrupted by Spring Break. There was really no reason why I couldn’t have posted, I just got off schedule. And getting back on schedule this week left this column empty…again. But I have a good…
Storytelling and Songs Still Pass from Generation to Generation
My grandson and I were working on his homework last week. He is studying the Inuit people. It took us five chapters before I realized that what we now call Inuit is what my old textbooks used to call Eskimos. Once I realized that, things made so much more sense! Another of the very intriguing…
How to Be Outstanding
“Dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. … to the extent that God has blessed you. … because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.…
Organizing: Does Multitasking Make You Stupid?
Computers are faster and smarter and more efficient than ever. They run at gigahertz speeds, using gigabytes of memory, giving you giga power to get things done. Even so, once in a while, most machines seem to freeze for several seconds, stuck in some mysterious inner world that you know nothing about. If they’re so fast and so smart, why should…
The Self-Importance of Love
writing is like parenting, then writing well is first not about the writing so much as it is about you, yourself and the changes it will bring to you. It was raining. The misty kind so common in spring in Seattle. What I remember most are the flowers. Orange, red, and white setting the broad,…