Encouragement
Divine Appointments
While checking my Google Alerts I can across a blog that caught my interest. I clicked over, read about Kathy’s faith, and her five children whom she homeschools. Seemed like I was on the right track to finding a new online friend. Then I found out she and her family were vacationing in my hometown…
Shine Like a Star
by Guest Author Mike Dellosso Did you ever go outside on a cloudless evening in an area devoid of light pollution and look up at the night sky? Sometimes, if you catch it just right and if everything is just so, it looks like God sprinkled the heavens with diamonds. It’s beautiful, majestic, glorious. And…
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…
Gotta Have Faith and Grace!
“The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” 1Ti 1:14 Faith is a funny thing. For me, it’s easy to have faith. To believe in a supreme God, a loving God who sent his son Jesus to die for me. Yet…
Office Must-Haves…
My name is Tricia and I confess … I have office envy. I’ve been talking my some of my novelist friends lately and they have pretty nice offices … A comfy chair? A lamp? A mini fridge??? Sweet! I share my 12 x 12 office with four other people. We have five computer stations, and…
I’m Burning
Many years ago, my brother dated a girl who was both cute and sweet. She was the kind of girl who sat cross-legged on the couch and giggled the most precious giggle at opportune moments in a conversation. She didn’t offer her opinion unless you asked for it. She was smart and sensible and…
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,…
Take Courage
The storm must have whipped up so quickly they didn’t even have time to lower the sails. It was a pleasant evening; all was going well. They were just supposed to cross the sea, not battle the forces of nature. But plans changed. Dark storm clouds climbed across the sky like a pack of hungry…
Even the “Bad Guys”
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV) I love the untainted innocence of children, don’t you? Lately, my kids and I have watched a little of a show that involves police officers…
Time Keeps Tickin’
Time is not our friend. Let’s talk about a stark reality, shall we? We all have an appointment to keep. That appointment is set, there is no changing it or rescheduling and no one knows when it will come due. But it will. Sooner or later. And no matter what we do, time doesn’t slow…