Writing
Serenity Weekend
“Lisa Samson loves to nourish writers, face-to-face, in a quiet setting filled with the beauty of nature, friendship, good food and good conversation. Because of this desire to further budding artists and encourage good writing, she began Serenity Weekends for Writers.” How I would love to go to this, but my conference money is pretty…
I Did It!!
I sent in my Genesis entry at 12:10 am on the 14th!!! I can’t believe I’ve been sitting at this computer since 2:30 this afternoon, er…yesterday after noon with only a couple of snuggle breaks for my neglected four year old, several more bathroom break and a quick break for dinner! And all the time…
Ten Reasons Why You Didn’t Email Your Genesis Entry by April 15th
I needed a quick diversion before my final read through. 10. You were too busy doing your taxes. 9. Your critique partners didn’t get your entry back to you in time. 8. You spent all your time looking up grammar rules on line, making sure your ands had the proper comma placement. 7. You realized…
Thinking Blogger Awards
I’ve won a “Thinking Blogger Award” and want to pass it on. Heather of Mom2Mom Connection graced me with an unexpected award. Here’s what she said about Portrait of a Writer Interrupted. I love Gina’s writing because we’re in the same season of life! She’s a busy mother of four who desperately loves her family,…
Are You Ready for Meat?
There’s a great discussion going on at Your Writer’s Group Mick Silva’s blog about writing for CBA, ABA, and the untapped Christian market. Make sure you check out the comments section.
Friday Fiction Challenge
I issued a challenge to all writers at Writer…Inerrupted. It’s very easy and will take you all of five minutes to do, so head on over there and join in! Here’s my challenge. First three sentences of book I’m reading: I had every reason to be peeved, and I told Carly so. “Why didn’t you…
Anthology Project Finished
I turned in my chapter one to my mystery anthology partners and now it’s out of my hands! I really loved working on this project with these ladies. It was an answer to a long awaited prayer and a part of me is sad to see this part of it ending. The next thing to…
More Party Games
My contest for most comments is still going on. How easy it is to win a bunch of FREE books! Just comment on any of the blog party posts! And to make it easy for you to comment, let’s play a little game: Use these five words (or derivatives) in a paragraph. And yes, it…
So Many Ideas, So Little Time!
I have about six drafts in my folder and many other ideas in my head to blog about. Including the first anniversary of this blog (which either is fastly approaching or has past) plus the upcoming Blog Party by 5 Minutes for mom! Do you have more ideas than time? Or more time than ideas?…
Party Games!
My favorite place to write is at a place called Kaffe Bona. If has free WiFi and great sugar free syrups to add to my decaf skim latte as well as awesome soups, salads, wraps and deserts (though I rarely indulge.) So where’s your favorite pace to hang out? Here’s a fun quiz to get…