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Inspired by the Great Oudoors
Chrysanthemum, King, Emperor of Autumn, who will rule while you sleep? (from Siri Mitchell’s Moon Over Tokyo) I love October. I’m starting to think it might be my favorite month of the year. Finally, a reprieve from our hot, sticky Georgia summer. Nearly every week, I’ve joined other photo-snapping parents on field trips to farms,…
Call me crazy!
People think I’m crazy … seriously they do. I can’t tell them about all the book ideas I have or possible projects coming down the pipeline … otherwise they’ll start hyperventaling. People may wonder why I write. Is it to get famous? No way. Because I enjoy living by one crazy deadline to another? Uh,…
Ever Faithful
For many years of my life, I wanted to be successful. I put a lot of effort into that endeavor. I worked and worked and worked. If I joined an organization, I had to be president because I wanted the organization to be successful and I wanted to be seen as a success in the…
Growing Grammar: Planting Words So Sentences Can Sprout
One of the most challenging lessons for students to learn (and for me to teach them) is that diction (word choice) and syntax (how words are arranged in a sentence) are crucial in understanding the piece we’re reading. Truly, the most difficult perception to hack away at is the notion that writers just don’t pay…
What All Guys Want
Recently, a simple question started a great conversation with my husband on a long drive one afternoon. I was preparing to share with my Bible Study Group on the topic of building a foundation of peace in your marriage. My thoughts had turned to Prov. 31:11: “…the heart of her husband safely trusts her.” In…
Breath of Home
Ever hear of the two frogs drowning in a bucket of cream? One frog, seeing his friend was ready to give up, encouraged him to keep kicking. Ever the optimist, this frog hoped that eventually, the cream would turn to butter. When it did, they’d hop out. But in the meantime…a whole lotta kicking was…
Authors and Speaking
I was once asked to give a speech at a ribbon cutting ceremony when I was about fifteen. I was invited to speak because I had somehow managed to enter and win the local Miss Hometown pageant. Maybe it was because during the interview I said my favorite TV personality was Geraldo and I…
Carnival of Christian Writers #12 – September 2007
Carnival of Christian Writers #12 – September 2007 Fall into writing this month with some great blog entries in our September Carnival of Christian Writers. Agent and author Terry Whalin has updates his Straight Talk From the Editor, 18 Keys To A Rejection-Proof Submission. Are you trying to develop the character of…
Piece by Piece
Usually when I write a post, I find a picture after the fact to suit what I’ve written. But this time the picture came first. I love this image because it speaks of how we give away pieces of our heart, how we can walk around with gaps and holes (sometimes literally!) in our hearts,…
Michelle Sutton’s review of Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury…
From the Publisher: In preparation for their long-awaited wedding day, Dayne and Katy are determined to keep the ceremony a secret from the paparazzi. Their relationship grows closer and stronger as they plan together, but in the end it takes the help of the Baxter family and many of the CKT kids so that they’ll…