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But What About ME?
The box in the barn had a few mouse nibbles in the corners, but the contents were surprisingly intact. While sorting through our 25-year pile of stored and forgotten items, I found that most of the things should have been thrown out long ago. But this disintegrating container held a treasure trove. It was a…
Midweek Motivation
Starting Your Day out Right So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 NKJV There are times in each persons life when typical Christianity doesn’t work anymore. At those times, we tend to evaluate why we do the things we do. Why do we go to church on Sunday?…
Six Elements of Thriller
Here’s a great post by Beth Goddard at Keep Me In Suspense I recently read a book that was labeled as a thriller, but it was anything except a thriller. In fact, I’m not sure I would even call it suspense. Slow reading and back story are words that come to mind for this particular…
Conference Confidence Series!
I’m starting a new series called Conference Confidence at Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted on Mondays and Saturdays in an attempt to get myself ready and others motivated for ACFW in September. I will address subjects like: Why are you a going to conference? Perfecting Your Pitch What’s a One Sheet? Know Your Editor Getting…
Barbie…Interrupted
An apple-scented breeze provided a second’s relief from the humidity enveloping the pond. Barbara’s waist-length hair hung heavy and damp, she wished she’d had time to braid it, but Ken’s recent cell call had been insistent. He’d be waiting in the orchard, with news too good to spill over the phone. Or so he’d claimed.…
Mid-Week Motivation
Starting Your Day Out Right Scripture/Devotion Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord,not for men. ~Colossians 3:23 No matter what we’re called to do—work a 9 to 5 job, be a housewife, write full time—there are bound to be tasks that crop up that we either dread,…
Fly Catcher?
Any Idea what it is?? Keep scrolling… Do YOU know what it is???
Poetic Insights for Your Fiction
My effort to keep the act of writing pure during my journey as a contracted novelist has led me back to poetry. I recently spent a week reading the writings of two poets: Billy Collins, the former poet laureate of the United States and Dennis Schmitz, the former poet laureate of Sacramento. I read these two poets…
Visit the Carnival!
This month’s Carnival of Christian Writers is sizzling with some great posts! These posts fit into the carnival theme quite well this month and if we put them into subcategories you might find: Get Your Tickets, The Fun House, Jugglers and Balancing Acts, Thrill Rides, Games, and some great Food for Thought. Have fun…
Rockin’ Girl Blogger
Thanks to Tricia Goyer, Dineen Miller and Lynette Sowell for nominating me for the Rockin’ Blogger Chick. Now I get to nominate five, awesome rockin’ bloggers!!! I’m going for the not so obvious, but still way cool bloggers! Christa Allen Claudia Mair Burney Meredith Efken Jodi York Staci Stallings