Blog
Fresh Air Fund Needs Host Families
Check out this link and host a child this summer!
Pinching Pennies: New Uses for Coffee Filters
When it comes to the writer’s REAL life, every penny counts. Here are some tips for making good use of that stack of coffee filters in your cupboard. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make great covers. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.…
Book Overload!
Yikes! Its so hard for me to say no, especially to books. But I think I did it this time. I’ve taken on more than I can read, and now (after being on vacation for five days) I’m trying to sort out the book tours and reviews that I owe. But I’ll try and get…
Love Languages
Since this is the month of love and Valentine’s Day, I decided to post about Dr. Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, which I recommend to read. I read an interesting book about the language of love we use. In the book, The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman was insightful and interesting. But most…
10 Things I Wish I Had Known by DiAnn Mills
1. Research doesn’t mean a jaunt to the library or sailing through cyberspace. It means a trip into your characters’ lives. 2. Some critics are like boo birds that sit on their lofty power lines and crap (mess) on those beneath them. 3. When I grow up, I will know the difference between lie and…
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Christy Award Interviews 2008
Yes, I know I’m almost 6 months behind in posting this (if it works!) but it’s taken me that long to figure out how to get the interview out of my digital recorder onto my computer where it sat for several more months as I tried to decipher friends’ well meaning instructions about podcasting, ftp…
How Will They Know?
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 NIV Day breaks, and I roll out of bed. The house is still dark as…
Dead in Christ?
Are you a dead man walking? My girls and I are studying leaves in Botany this week. It’s more fascinating than you’d think! For instance, in the fall, when leaves exchange their bright greens for autumn hues of red, orange, and yellow…those colors are actually the true color those leaves were all along. The chlorophyll…
Our Books in Libraries
This weekend I attended the American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting in Denver with my library. Some of you might really be surprised at how much libraries have changed in the past decade. From automatic check in systems to new and innovative ways to catalog books and organize DVD collections, signs were everywhere that the future of libraries…