Fiction
To Halve and To Whole
As a writer, I sometimes live disconnected from the world my body actually inhabits. I watch peImage by Ravages via Flickrople, notice their gestures, analyze how they perch on a chair, assess how they dress, listen to their conversations. I’ve learned to dig into the belly of my purse for my notebook and write these…
ACFW conference/booksigning
This week is the American Christian Fiction Writers’ annual conference in Minneapolis. I will be attending and actually this year presenting a workshop on how to write an inspirational romance. Talk about an interruption in my writing schedule!!! But a welcome one. I can’t wait to see everyone, and if you are attending, please stop…
Never Stop Learning
When people start talking about writing conferences, many authors get sweaty palms, second guess their sanity in signing up for agent/ editor appointments and imagine locking their hotel room doors and never coming out until it’s time to go home. I’m guilty of all three. More than once. And even after attending conferences for over six…
The Cure for the Common Writer’s Block
The dreaded writer’s block. That wall of nothingness that, sooner or later, plants itself directly in front of every writer’s path to creative bliss. That ominous obstruction that fuels frustration and threatens to drive even the most prolific writer absolutely batty. Writer’s block: public enemy number one. Writer’s block is something that affects every writer,…
Sharing the Writing Journey
Be nice to your writing pals because the world of publishing grows smaller and smaller as you go. Not only do you want your friends beside you, but you never know where you will each end up years down the road. A few months ago I participated in a book signing at Barnes and Noble Cheyenne with…
ICRS Interview: Susan May Warren
The last couple of weeks my blog has been on the fritz and I still haven’t figured out how to upload my digital podcast to this site. Anyone know of a free podcast program??? But this interview is worth hearing again, in case you missed it the first time, you’re in for a treat. Please…
Back to school means…
Back to work for me and my three kiddos. We enjoy a short summer break-well, my kids do. I’m usually editing and rewriting. Then I spend one month writing out lesson plans. So maybe back to school just means adding more work. 😉 But it also means thinking about goals. The school goals I have for…
Two Questions Answered
Here’s two questions I get asked often: Where do writers get their ideas? And, Why do I write supernatural suspense? First things first, where do I (and other writers) get all those crazy ideas. Allow me to let you in on a little secret. In my basement, in a hideaway room protected by a rusty…
ICRS Interview: Susan May Warren
I’m so excited to bring to you the first of the ICRS interviews me and Terri Tiffany conducted. Between the two of us we interviewed authors like Karen Kingsbury, Terri Blackstock, James Scott Bell, Brandilyn Collins and many more. Join us on Saturdays the next couple of months for these interviews, some of which we…
Openings Are Invitations
by Molly Noble Bull Remember those birthday party invitations we all got as children? One that I recall had a cowboy on the cover, signaling that the party had a cowboy theme, and I will never forget what was written on the inside of that card. I call the cowboy on the cover a sort…