Writing

Heart Transplant and Back Surgery

No, not me or even a friend or family member…MY WIP! I lost count as to how many HEARTs and BACKs are in my WIP. Between my the heart lurching, and jumping into throats and thudding against her ribs it’s no wonder my WIP had a BACK problem as well. As in BACK THEN, instead…

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The End is in SIGHT and a Question about Submitting

I’m almost there! I can see the finish line of my WIP, but will I have the energy to cross it? And when I do will I dare to be satisfied with it! I’m sort of a perfectionist, but I know that one day I’ll have to send it out. In the past I sent…

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Carnival of Christian Writers February 2008

This month Authors, Aspiring Authors, Literary Agents, Editors, etc. share their love of the craft, call, and business of writing! Check it out here!

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WIP Catastrophy!?! and a needed Prayer!

It’s 4 am in the morning, that’s right 4 am, and I would have been to bed hours ago after a pretty good writing session, but I’ve been searching for an illusive version to my WIP. I keep multiply copies on my computer, SAVING AS so I can have old versions of my WIP. I…

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WIPping it!

I’ve been stuck on editing the last 3o pages of my WIP for weeks. I was in the midst of the black moment and I ran out of steam. My words seemed dry and dull on the page when it was supposed to be one of the most exciting parts in the book. So I…

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Margie Lawson and a Chance to Win

Margie Lawson taught the early bird session at ACFW last year and shared some wonderful insight into character emotion and powering up your prose. I learned so much and was so impressed by how much more there was to learn that I logged onto her website and bought her Deep Edits system lecture packet. Today…

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Carnival of Christian Writers January 2008

Check it out! A little something to warm you up this month with some great posts in our January 2008 Carnival of Christian Writers

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Writing has become a CHORE!

I know this is Sunday, and I should be posting on faith, but I’m there’s a lot of stuff going on in my brain related to faith and doctrine and such and it’s all because of this. So, until I sort it all out, here’s another taste of what I’m dealing with… I’m 40 pages…

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